Posted by pleasehelpmyson on February 9, 2012, at 13:28:57
In reply to Re: Ketamine and Buprenorphine, posted by friendly pitviper on February 8, 2012, at 20:13:49
> I'm curious where you heard about off-label psychiatric use of these medications. They are not exactly mainstream.
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> I don't know about ketamine. Buprenorphine is a quirky kind of opiate (it's a partial mu agonist/kappa antagonist/I think it has some interaction with delta receptors but I don't know what kind). I am sort of sceptical as to how addictive it actually is although a lot depends on whether you have reason to think, your son is a person who is at risk for addiction (some people are much more so than others). I haven't heard about opioids being used for OCD though, only depression.
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> I don't understand why your son is uncomfortable about more mainstream medications.There was a recent news report about Ketamine on Fox News, which is where I heard about that, and there have been a number of studies about buprenorphine, starting with a report out of Harvard in 1995 which I found seacrching on the web.
I previously posted why my son is averse to main-stream meds. We don't understand his aversion either.
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