Posted by reefer on January 9, 2006, at 18:18:50
In reply to BAD NEWS!, posted by pseudoname on January 9, 2006, at 17:19:19
> I went to my G.P. today about it, who listened to my chest & my heart & my history (all fine), read my blood O2 level (98%), ordered chest X-ray (not yet seen), etc. His determination? It's not asthma, not heart attack, not infection. It's probably due to the BUPRENORPHINE!
>He might be right it's the buprenorphine. But he is wrong saying it's respiratory depression.
A little citing from an article on bupe:
Even high doses of buprenorphine--as much as 100 times the dose at which it produces analgesia--do not produce dangerous respiratory effects. "Respiratory depression caused by buprenorphine is not of clinical concern," says Segal, "which makes it an extremely attractive treatment alternative."
I can't diagnose you. But i would bet on that what happened to you was not respiratory depression. But it might very well be related to the buprenorphine.
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