anon wrote:
> How do narcotics (like hydrocodone) cause depression? Do they block
> s*****onin?
Actually, they do not cause depression.
In fact, they were used to combat refractory depression in many
countries up until the mid 1950s and it has recently been "discovered"
that they may be useful for this purpose. Oxymorphone, pantopon,
omnopon & laudanum may be the best for this purpose.
looky:
http://opioids.com/buprenorphine/buprefdep.html
http://opioids.com/
Buprenorphine treatment of refractory depression
by
Bodkin JA, Zornberg GL, Lukas SE, Cole JO
McLean Hospital, Consolidated Department of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02178, USA.
J Clin Psychopharmacol 1995 Feb; 15(1):49-57
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