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Re: Do APs block the euphoric effects of opiates?

Posted by Vale on December 16, 2006, at 14:02:39

In reply to Re: Do APs block the euphoric effects of opiates?, posted by med_empowered on December 14, 2006, at 23:47:50

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> Neuroleptics are brain disabling drugs that suck all the joy and color out of life, so it doesn't surprise me that they "prevent addiction". They also "prevent emotion" and "prevent individuality," so they seem to be good at "preventing" anything medical/psychiatric authorities might deem troublesome. Neuroleptic treatment is remarkably similar to various forms of lobotomy--the dopamine blocking causes similar frontal lobe deficits while the drug is being used. Not surprisingly, lobotomy and similar brain ravaging surgeries have been, and are being, used for opiate addiction...in China and Russia, these surgeries have been used with some success. In the West, I suppose more lip service is paid to "human rights," so instead of cutting up addict's brains, we treat every patient like a potential addict and drug them into oblivion accordingly.
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> Actually a lot of what you say here is untrue,
Firstly it's a blanket statement, that lumps all the A.P's together. Low doses of certain A.P's act as disinhibitors and reduce blunted affect states.
( Sulperide, Amisulpride) Correct doses of traditional A.P's suit many patients,they actually reduce stereotype behavior while sheilding them from stress and allowing better ability to concentrate on things. Have you ever been in the company of someone dosed up to their eyeballs with Heroin, they're not exactly the life and soul of the party either.It all boils down to what suits the individual and at the ideal dosage. In any event though, they should be reserved for serious illness, opiate addiction doesn't qualify, unless it's associated with pychosis.


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