Using Buprenorphine (Subutex/Suboxone) For Treating Severe Depression

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In this show, Dr. Gracer is joined by his patient Robert, who suffers from severe depression and is being successfully treated with buprenorphine (Subutex/Suboxone).

Although this medication is FDA approved for use in opiate addiction and dependency, it can also treat very severely depressed people, who have not responded to other antidepressant medications. In Robert’s case, this probably saved his life. Listen to his story and learn about this promising treatment.

More about Robert
Robert, now 59, was a successful business person until he had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor in 2007. Within one month of surgery he dove into a deep depression that did not get better with any of the antidepressant medications that were tried by his very skilled psychiatrist. He was sent to me as a last resort. Today, he is active and no longer depressed, although the recession has given him some difficult challenges.

About Richard Gracer

Richard I. Gracer, MD, is the founder of Gracer Behavioral Health Services, an innovative and comprehensive substance abuse program that stresses the reduction of cravings, and has been in medical practice since 1974. He is certified in Addiction Medicine and Family Practice, and a Diplomat of the American Academy of Pain Management. He edited Beating the Years, Beating Sports Injuries, and Beating Back Pain (Barron’s, 2003,2005, 2006), and wrote the popular “Ask the Doctor” column in the Lamorinda Sun for 10 years. He is the author of A New Prescription for Addiction.

Dr. Gracer is also the Host of A New Prescription for Health on WomensRadio. A New Prescription for Healthfeatures discussions with noted experts, both researchers and practitioners, on cutting edge, holistic, and comprehensive treatments for pain and addiction. Aimed at the educated person seeking more information, this series provides hard-to-get information and insights, including interviews with actual patients, on treatment of these difficult and pervasive problems.

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