Posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 31, 2003, at 0:16:34
In reply to 3 VICADIN cures my SP!!! So what meds do i need???, posted by Psycho D on August 30, 2003, at 20:26:10
I take Ultram, a combination narcotic painkiller with effects similar to hydrocodone (Vicodin) and a mild serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. It's being prescribed more commonly these days for psychiatric purposes, especially since it was discovered that it can have a profound impact on obsessive-compulsive disorder. I personally take it for depression and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. It doesn't help my SP, but I take Xanax XR and Klonopin for that. But then again, Vicodin didn't help my SP either -- so if Vicodin works for you, I'd say there's a very high likelihood that Ultram will. Another option is either Subutex (buprenorphine) or Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone). They're also both narcotic painkillers and are being used occasionally to treat depression, so why not SP?
Regardless, you have to have a pretty understanding doctor to have an opioid prescribed for psychiatric purposes. The most consistently helpful medications are the benzodiazepines, and that is probably a better place to start than going straight for the heavy-duty drugs.
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