Posted by iforgotmypassword on June 3, 2008, at 18:10:51
In reply to Re: 2006 article » undopaminergic, posted by iforgotmypassword on June 3, 2008, at 15:08:34
talked to my doctor on the phone after last message.
he said he was recently in contact with a colleague of his who treats addictions and refuses to use naltrexone due to the side effects. i brought up buprenorphine and he wasn't completely wierded out, but he also wasn't familiar with the drug.
i see him on thursday. my mission is to gather articles or reliable reading material that would support a buprenorphine rx, or a naltrexone rx.
my concern is that the ideal kappa antagonism from buprenorphine may not be acheivable without significant mu agonism. (opinions?) does it have any other receptor affinities to worry about?
looking on wikipedia, they mention:
"However, psychological distress is currently not an approved indication for the use of any opioid, and legally it falls in a "grey zone" that is technically legal but a doctor could still face charges regardless (but not for off-label scripting in itself, simply being singled out by the USA's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who prosecute doctors often for using controlled substances for approved uses ("too much")).[8][9]"whoever wrote that, are they making sense?
somehow i worry that on thursday my doctor will have been on wikipedia and seen this, and not be behind the buprenorphine idea...
i'll have to find something supporting that it can be used safely without causing addiction.
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