Catalytic anti-bodies?

[Kate]

Has anyone heard of a antibody being developed that consumes cocaine as soon as it enters the body. It is supposed to work continuously over a 30 day period. Meaning no matter how much crack you smoke you won't get high. Sounds too good to be true, huh?

[From Aunt Lindy to Mariah]

Dont sweat or have your day bummed because of anything Dan says.  Whether he knows "HIS FACTS" and believe me I am sure he does.  Dont let anything he says freak you out. You know YOUR LIFE and YOUR SITUATION more than anyone else. Until your comfortable with your potential future no mini interventions will help you.  You will know when the time is right. I know you will know that because you sound like you are looking into everything in your area. I dont think you are BSing.  When the time and finances are right for you GO FOR IT and dont look back.  You know like "Run Forrest Run"! How cool would it be to start the year 2001 on your way to being clean. As I have said before there is more than just Dan looking out for you. So dont freak or think that you are letting Dan down or something. We are ALL pulling for you so dont let anyone get to you by making you feel backed into a corner.  Dan may know all the FACTS but only you know YOURSELF.
Sincerely,
Kimmie

[tom to Dan]

hey, don't give up on me, Dan. The clinic is a big unknown for me. I believe but cannot say for sure that I will be accepted in the program. I simply can't burn my bridges before I establish at the clinic. Once established, I intend to tell my doctor. But I have been through some outragious, caotic ****. I've been thrown back into hell before by seemingly arbitrary decisions made by the gatekeepers of various treatment programs. Too much is riding on this for me to just chuck my support system and walk blindly into the clinic. I still believe methadone is the answer for me, Dan. Try to understand. I will get there. It's just going to take a little more time. (There is a second clinic in my area which has a modem attached to the only published phone number, so I have not been able to make contact with them so far).
Hope this message finds you well.

[to Vicodin Gurll]

Buprenorphine has been available for quite a while for pain relief, under the trade name Buprenex.  It is currently not available in pill form in the US, but is instead injected under the skin (not intravenously).  It is simple to adminster to yourself, since all you do is put the needle under the skin (not in the muscle) in an area such as the front of your thigh.  Where Buprenorphine is becoming popular is for detox.  It is GREAT for detox, being a mixed agonist/antagonist.  What this means is it removes opiates from the receptors, while replacing them with itself.  The detox is virtually painless and symptom free in most people.  It can be done outpatient, through any reputable detox clinic; privately, through docs who have gotten DEA approval; and by docs who haven't gotten approval but will nevertheless prescibe it for pain, while knowing it will instead be used for detox.  Soon it will be available for ANY physician to prescribe for detox.  The reason it isn't currently, is that it is a narcotic.  Narcotics by law can not be used to detox an addict, without a special DEA license.  Because buprenorphine has such a low abuse potential (because you don't get "high"), the DEA is willing to make an exception for it to be prescribed by any doc, and this should go through soon.  If anyone wants to detox from a narcotic, rather than remaining on one or going on a new one (such as with methadone maintanence), they should find a place using buprenorphine.  It is by far THE best detox drug ever devised.

[Frankinscense]

I am not clear about the facts Buprenorphin. It apears to be becoming more mainstreamed. I know it is available for pain. But not sure if a family doc can prescribe it for opiate addiction.
Dan...

[Frankinscense]

Tom I do not know what to tell you. Why would methadone not work for you? It is one of the stongest pure agonist opiates available. I think(correct me if I am wrong) that you are not wanting to truly commit. You are still not convinced-of what I have told you. I am tired of these people who know nothing of the pathology of opiate addiction coming here telling me about the inaccuracy of the information I am providing.
  I know that opiate addiction is a disease that is kept going by a very srong reinforcing stimilus. People feel threatened by  information and do only what they know. They tell me my information is inaccurate. I will not sit here and discuss my credentials and my education. But I have done research well beyond what my education has requested. I have talked to many doctors and so called experts, and it is my opinion that very little know about the pathology of opiate addiction. I have spent hours researching the causes of opiate addiction. I have told you the names of the doctors who know the most about opiate addiction and and opiate agonist therapies. Buprenorphine is only available for addiction to a few selected treatment facitilies and not the general public. I want to help a few who will listen. There seems to be a trend with some of the posters to discredit me. I KNOW MY FACTS!!
  I wonder at times how much information that clinics and doctors are providing in regards to MMT is accurate. I know that there are very few who know facts about methadone and why and how it works. There is a chemical imbalance that is in some people in their genetic makeup. Abuse of opiates cause this imbalance and this in turn is why addicts abuse these substances. Responsible use of opiate agonist treatments will allow the brain to slowly correct this imbalance. Abuse of  opiates keeps the disease active. MMT and LAAM keep the disease in check.  Again these therapies allow the brain to reorganise these valuable and very important neurotransmitters. There are many N/T's that are effected by opiate abuse and continued daily use. I have been saying endorphins in hope people will grasp what I am saying.  There are many N/T,s envolved not just the endorphins and enkephalins. It seems the more I try to explain to people at this site the reason for their addiction the more I get flammed. My intentions are only to help people understand this horrible disease and not to get anyone dependent on MMT. Until there is a better solution, this has proven itself, the only solution to this problem. This is supposed to be a site for support and solutions to this disease. When I first posted here I saw people encoraging drug abuse. That is what moved to post a message here.
  MMT like all opiates are hard to detox. But like this previous poster claims MMT is the hardest. This statement is wrong. All opiates of the agonist type are hard to detox. None that are used for maintenance purpose,whether its morphine or methadone are easy to detox because of the pathology of opiate addiction.    Morphine was used in the twenties by a doctor in Louisana and was somewhat effective. But none have been as effective as methadone in controlling the ups and downs of this addiction. Methadone curtails the cravings of this disease while letting you lead a normal life. It seems that when a short acting opiate is used such as morphine, all the users would do is sit around and wait for their next dose.  MMT/Laam allow you  to forget your cravings and carry on with your life. What I just described is documented facts about methadone and morphine maintenance. There are detoxes that I have experieced with MMT that are somewhat physically painless. I have written too much here or I would describe them. Another time if you request I will describe them. I will only spend time explaining these help procedures, only if requested. By you or anyone else. I have better things to do than get flammed by people who no nothing  of what they speak. It the guy who posted about MMT had a hard time detoxing: Two reasons, he did it to quickly or he did not have the proper treatment for his detox!!
Sincerely,
"Doc" Dan CDCI
    PS: MMT IS for people who tried and failed after several attempts to remain drug free and not for the casual opiate/narcotic abuser.

[to Vicodin Gurll]

First off, if you read my post again, I said most of the addicts here would be best served with buprenorphine for DETOX.  And yes, it is available in the U.S. both for detox AND pain managment, under the trade name Buprenex.  Secondly, you quite obviously have never detoxed from Methadone.  Otherwise you would not say it is "tolerable."  Tell that to the tens of thousands who have been unable to detox from methadone.  It is BY FAR, the worst drug to detox from.  So, Tom, if you are going to go on it, consider it a lifetime of using it.  Finally, research is essential to people before they get on methadone, since it is so hard to get off of.  The reason I posted is because people were getting only a one-sided view of methadone, from you.  I'm happy it works well for you.  To me and many others it was a horrible experience.  Best to you all.