Posted by jedi on June 2, 2006, at 4:08:03
In reply to Re: pdoc liability » pseudoname, posted by Phillipa on June 1, 2006, at 22:00:40
> Wish I had your doc as I had to take percocet for the first few days of my broken elbow and my husband it was the first time he had heard me laugh in years. First time I ever took an opiod. Wish I could write my own script . How does that med that is for opiod addicts work? Does it make you feel the same way the percocet dit for me? Just took one each night. Love Phillipa
Hi Phillipa,
IMHO a lot of opiate addiction is just self medication for depression. Depression runs very deep in my family and I have had several first-degree relatives who have died from drug abuse. It really isn't the opiate that kills the addict, it is the criminal lifestyle. In a controlled, structured setting many of the opiates would be very good antidepressants. I'm like you, when I am prescribed opiates for pain, I have an almost immediate lifting of my depression. Methadone and buprenorphine are both opioids used as substitutes for heroin. The treatment of addicts with these medications removes the criminal element from the addiction. My guess is they probably help the addict's depression also. I'll have to look up some studies on this.
Take care,
Jedi
poster:jedi
thread:651514
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060530/msgs/651798.html