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Posted by bulldog2 on February 15, 2010, at 15:24:32
Interesting study. Possible subset of depressives who are deficient in production of endogenous endorphins.Old study and maybe there are newer studies out there.
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Posted by Bob on February 16, 2010, at 22:32:43
In reply to Buprenorphine Treatment of Refractory Depression, posted by bulldog2 on February 15, 2010, at 15:24:32
> Interesting study. Possible subset of depressives who are deficient in production of endogenous endorphins.Old study and maybe there are newer studies out there.
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> http://balder.prohosting.com/~adhpage/bupe.html
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>What is the current take on Buprenorphine? I mentioned it to my doctor today and he won't go near anything like it. He's actually quite an open-minded p-doc though.
Posted by bulldog2 on February 17, 2010, at 15:22:40
In reply to Re: Buprenorphine Treatment of Refractory Depression » bulldog2, posted by Bob on February 16, 2010, at 22:32:43
> > Interesting study. Possible subset of depressives who are deficient in production of endogenous endorphins.Old study and maybe there are newer studies out there.
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> > http://balder.prohosting.com/~adhpage/bupe.html
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> What is the current take on Buprenorphine? I mentioned it to my doctor today and he won't go near anything like it. He's actually quite an open-minded p-doc though.
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>Very few p-docs will go near opiates. Just taboo.
Posted by Bob on February 17, 2010, at 15:27:17
In reply to Re: Buprenorphine Treatment of Refractory Depression, posted by bulldog2 on February 17, 2010, at 15:22:40
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> Very few p-docs will go near opiates. Just taboo.Interestingly, he said that he has seen patients in the past who did amazingly well on opiates that were coincidentally prescribed for pain. Of course, their supply would dry up and then they would sometimes resort to the street. He claimed that these people didn't abuse the drugs by escalating the dose etc.
Posted by emmanuel98 on February 17, 2010, at 19:10:37
In reply to Re: Buprenorphine Treatment of Refractory Depression » bulldog2, posted by Bob on February 17, 2010, at 15:27:17
Most p-docs can't even prescribe buprenorphrine. You need a special FDA prescribing number, need to take a special course, can only have a limited number of patients using it. You can do a search on suboxone prescribers on google. The FDA has a website of licensed prescribers. My experience, as an ex opiate addict, was the the whole suboxone prescribing industry is hopelessly corrupted by money. Prescribers are so rare, they won't take insurance, charge $300-$400 for an appointment, etc.
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