Posted by LostBoyinNC45 on February 25, 2014, at 14:45:21
In reply to What kind of life would you give a heroin addict? » Lou Pilder, posted by SLS on February 25, 2014, at 14:34:07
suboxone is perfectly fine for such a person. That is not what I am discussing here. suboxone or "bupe" is FDA approved for exactly such a use...heroin or narcotics addiction. I agree suboxone is a Godsend for heroin addicted individuals.
However, allowing discussions of the use of this narcotic drug "bupe" and other narcotics for the off label, non FDA approved treatment of difficult to treat psychiatric conditions such as depression is...morally bankrupt. And could potentially have legal consequences, IMO. Its foreseeable, IMO.
Now if "bupe" were to get formal FDA approval for refractory depression, I would not be complaining about the public discussion of this drug on this forum. But until "bupe" is formally FDA approved for TRD, the "freedom of speech" argument is laughable.
Eric> > to give to an addicted person a substitute addiction?
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> Try walking a few steps in the shoeless feet of a homeless heroin addict who sells her body daily to get her next fix. Suboxone allows many of these people to enter the workforce and build for themselves a life of sobriety and independence.
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