Posted by pseudoname on November 8, 2005, at 17:33:06
In reply to Re: DEA prosecution guidelines/GENERAL CONCERNS!!! » pseudoname, posted by bigcat on November 6, 2005, at 22:05:39
Matt,
I still don't have any personal experience with it, so I can't yet answer "first-hand". Check around in the Babble archive. This was posted in 2001 by Elizabeth (whom Declan called the "psychopharmacological goddess"):
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Buprenorphine really does not cause a high. There is a pretty low ceiling on its effect. ... So it's not much of a drug of abuse. I've been taking buprenorphine (as an antidepressant) for a year or so. ... I continue to be impressed by its efficacy, especially after all the treatments that have failed. I haven't become tolerant to the antidepressant effects (although most of the side effects have subsided with time). The physical dependence seems to be mild: missing a dose of Nardil (when I was taking it, that is) was much more unpleasant than missing a dose of buprenorphine is. I don't experience "cravings," nor do I feel tempted to increase the dose. Most people who take full-agonist opioids for pain [which are much "stonger" than buprenorphine] do not become addicted to them...
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–http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20011025/msgs/82287.htmlIt may or may not work for you, but it's not exactly likely to turn you into a drug fiend.
Please post back what your doctor says. Thanks.
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