Posted by Elizabeth on September 12, 2001, at 3:28:07
In reply to Re: I'm losing weig. . .Help! Stampede! » Zo, posted by MB on September 8, 2001, at 13:12:49
> Anyway, bupe (I've stolen your abbreviation because it's cute and handy < g >) seemed to help the heroin withdrawal.
There's no doubt in my mind that it does this. I hope to see it approved for that use in the USA sometime soon. (BTW, the nickname "bupe" seems to be pretty common. :-) )
> I wonder what bupe would feel like by itself (without withdrawal from another drug to alter it's effect).
(This is going on the assumption that your heroin use was self-medication.) Imagine how you were before you'd ever tried heroin. Now imagine the "not-okayness" being taken away, but without causing a rush or nodding. That's about what it's like.
> I always thought if there was a drug that had the antidepressant efficacy of vicodin and heroin, but that didn't induce a tolorance or a need to keep upping the dose, it would be what my brain needed.
No s---! I wish that there was more research being done on ways to prevent tolerance to opioids -- that would be a tremendous advance in medicine.
> ps. the only fear I have is that my past addiction to opiates might adversly affect my response to buprenorphine (e.g., I might get compulsive with it or build a rapid tolorance).
I don't think so. Buprenorphine doesn't get you high, so the risk of abuse is very low (especially if you get a formulation with naloxone, which prevents you from shooting it). The tolerance thing seems to be a matter of individual variation. I think most people in maintenance programs reach a plateau dose where they don't need any more.
-elizabeth
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