LDN and Morphine

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Hi, I'm new here and I'm considering LDN. I have severe PRMS

and am very nearly a quad, actually that is how I'm classified. But

if I'm reading this post right, one cannot take LDN if they are on

morphine. Is that correct?

> When my doctor looked up Naltrexone in the PDR (Physician's

Desk

> Reference) book he too found that Naltrexone was in a

controlled

> substance category and dismissed the idea at first. Because

the PDR

> does not have a thing in it about low dose Naltrexone and the

usage

> of it for other diseases.

>

> It only states that it should be used for drug addiction

withdrawal,

> mainly heroine. It must work like Narcon used to for

withdrawal

> symptoms.

>

> This is why we print out the 14 pages and highlight what

referes to

> our particuliar disease be it MS, Lupus, fibromyalgia, certain

> cancers, Parkinson's and other mentioned diseases.

>

> General Practioner's (GP's) are more open to the idea after

they read

> and study the information we provide for them. (One shoved all

the

> papers back at me.) Please be persistent if you want to try Low

Dose

> Naltrexone. Be sure you are not on any Narcotics!

>

> Your doctor may even want to call Dr. Bernard Bihari or another

> physician who is familiar with the protocal of this drug.

>

> For fibromyalgic people most doctor's and the patient are near

the

> end of the treatments (or at the end of the rope) looking for help

> for us. That persisent nagging over-all or total body pain is

sooo

> hard to treat. Eventually nothing works as years with this

syndrome

> persists.

>

> That is where my doctor and I was at when we looked into

LDN. Thank

> goodness he gave me a choice...LDN or Guiafenesin. He

found that the

> pain increased with the Guia treatment and people were not

willing to

> stay on it due to increased pain and all of the products that a

> person can't use while on it.

>

> People with fibro pain want good relief and as soon as

possible.

> Some people are so down from chronic pain that they wish for

death as

> an escape. Which leads to depression. I know, I have been

through

> that.

>

> So don't let your doctor discourage you by saying: We can't

> prescribe that, because doctors can legally prescribe LDN in

small

> doses. The drug is approved in large doses. The drug itself is

FDA

> approved. The problem is this: No pharacedical company is

making

> the capsule in fast-acting small doses. That is why we need a

> compounding pharmacist to crush the drug into smaller

dosages.

>

> I am saying this to help those who are new here or wanted to

know why

> the drug isn't in the PDR. Hope this helps some of you that are

> confused or wondering why.