Posted by Elizabeth on April 5, 2001, at 7:23:02
In reply to Re: Social Phobia treatments -- something differen » Elizabeth, posted by JahL on March 30, 2001, at 18:15:57
> I've read a few posts on this board stating success with opioid agonists for depression & s. phobia. I have both (v. TR), but also have intense concentration difficulties (not unlike ADD) & was wondering if in yr experience, opioids benefit cognition? Do they 'clear' yr head?
I have trouble concentrating also, and buprenorphine definitely helps with that. However, it is activating for me (at least, at the dose I use), whereas most people find it sedating, so I don't know if you can expect the same effect.
I don't know where you live, but it's difficult to get buprenorphine in the U.S. It's only available in a solution intended for IM or IV injection, so doctors don't like to prescribe it -- they'd rather prescribe a pill. (The solution can also be used intranasally or sublingually, the former being much more reliable and requiring a lower dose.) Also, at least in my part of the country, a lot of pharmacies seem to be unable to get it lately because their wholesalers don't have it. I've had this problem with other meds that need to be special-ordered as well and wonder whether drug manufacturers might not be cutting back because of what's happened to the economy.
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