Posted by JahL on November 20, 2001, at 17:56:23
In reply to Re: Morphine for depression. » SLS, posted by Elizabeth on November 19, 2001, at 17:03:56
> Plenty of people who respond positively to opioids also get side effects. I couldn't start out at a fully-effective dose of buprenorphine (0.3 mg q. 4-6 hours) because it made me vomit. Also, I did feel sort of dizzy and lightheaded when I first started taking it.
> > I found something on the Internet that described that most people using methadone for depression begin to experience improvements by the end of the first week. Some took two weeks.
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> Some feel their depression remitting after only a dose or two.Hi Elizabeth. Keep the posts comin'; I don't have to read any text books with you around :-)
I have a Q if you don't mind. I know it's all guess work but *what would you consider to be a therapeutic dose of Methadone for an opioid-naive individual*?
I tried around 5ml a few times recently. Interesting. A bit dreamy in a not unpleasant kinda way. Good sleep. Bad constipation :-(
I wanted to find out a bit more (ie about dose ramping/contraindications etc) before pursuing this any further. Any thoughts (by anyone) greatly appreciated...
Ta as always,
J.
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