Posted by bee happy on February 6, 2003, at 23:12:21
In reply to BEE HAPPY PLS. READ SUBUTEX OR SUBOXONE » bee happy, posted by LAURA777 on February 6, 2003, at 16:57:12
Laura. May I ask you a question? When you wrote your post of Feb 5th had you taken the provigil that day? I ask bacause I think I dectected a bit of manic thought...not your usual coherent self (from the little I know of you from reading you posts of the last week or so.)To answer your question re Suboxone. It is my understanding that the "oxone" addition keeps one from abusing the drug as in snorting or injecting it. This is of course to keep addiction maintainance patients from abusing it themselves or selling it on the street to other street addicts. I would imagine that someone taking it for depression as prescribed would not be influenced by the added ingedient but I may be wrong. My prescription is compounded and contains no Naloxone.Where do you live? Most major cities have at least one pharmacy that is capable of making compounds. For instance some patients have trouble swallowing pills or can't keep medicine down...many different formulas are available ...from lollypops to nasal inhalers to sublingual troches. Look in the phone book. Call the pharmacy, behonest and tell them you are researching Buprenorphine as a treatment for depression and ask if they are making buprenorphine for anyone else and if so which doctor is prescribing it. Then you could call that doctors office and ask him more about it. It's my guess that very few doctors are even aware of Buprenorphine at all let alone as an anti depressant.This is a shortcut to finding the ones who at least know about it. When My Pdoc and I first discussed this drug he got out his PDR and said "oh, too bad only available in injectable form". But I noticed his PDR was 2 years old. So I called the only compunding pharmacy in my town and asked them the same questions I just suggested. They were very helpful and yes they had been making it for a few years...and gave me the name of the doctor who was prescribing most of it. It ended up I never needed to call him because as soon as my Pdoc realized it was available we started the treatment. But I had to do the leg work, Laura. I found out which strengths were available and how many times per day to take it. He then called to verify all my info. He's a busy guy and I'm just one of many patients...plus he teaches...a very busy guy. As I said before I was very motivated. Suicidal thoughts were creeping into my daily life....they are powerful little motivaters.May I ask another question or two?How old are you ? How often did you use heroine and for how long?(Feel free to tell me it's none of my damn business). Is there some insurance related reason why you don't want to bring that into this equation?Have you given any thought to consulting with an addiction specialist? And if not, why not? My family doctor was once a rehab specialist and understood completely when I was describing how opiates made me feel. She also agreed that trying the buprenorphine made sense for me. I was soo lucky to have had her for my primary care physicain for the last 17 years...She knew me verrrry well. I wish you well, Laura. Keep me up to date,ok? Bee
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