Posted by YoYoMe on November 27, 2003, at 21:55:31
In reply to Re: Might Opiates in Moderation Fight Depresion?, posted by bsj on November 23, 2003, at 21:09:26
Well said, bsj. But I'm puzzled by your comment about "any psychiatrist reluctant to prescribe opiates for [depression]." I was under the impression that almost all psychiatrists were not only reluctant, but dead-set opposed. Now I have exactly three things with which to try in vain to persuade mine otherwise: (1) my experience, (2) your experience, and (3) this 1995 study by Dr. Bodkin. Do you know of any other less anectdotal persuaders? Dr. B's statistic on the huge number of opioid receptors in the brains of people who've killed themselves seems pretty dramatic, at least to a layman like me with no schooling in biochemistry, but some common sense and fondness for feeling normal.
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