Posted by nightlight on November 20, 2001, at 7:54:32
In reply to Re: Methadone/opiates for depression » nightlight, posted by Elizabeth on November 19, 2001, at 17:12:19
> > But, more pertinently, the only way I have gotten thru the past many years was thru the use of an opiate/barbiturate drug that I was prescribed for chronic pain from a herniated cervical disc.
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> Which drug was that (what were the active ingredients, that is -- the narcotic and the barbiturate)? Back/neck/shoulder pain is notoriously hard to treat. I have relatively minor back pain myself, and one nice bonus effect of the buprenorphine I take for my depression is that it does away with the back pain.Elizabeth~
Will reply in more detail later-running late for pre-school drop-off and work...I used Fiorinal #3-a combo of codeine, butalbital, caffeine and aspirin. It was originally prescribed for persistent headaches. It also comes in an acetemenophen (sp) formula-Fioricette #3 and, both are available w/o the codeine.
I actually found the drug listed in a PDR, suggested it to a dr., who prescribed it for me, and I took it intermittently for 15 years.
More later.
nightlight
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