Captain.Heroin
Bluelight Crew
How is it inaccurate to compare ORT to addiction?
Without buprenorphine I go through withdrawal, and I end up feeling a lot like I do without heroin. The only difference is buprenorphine is legal and heroin isn't.
A lot of anecdotal evidence on this forum leads me to believe that coming off of methadone is actually worse than heroin, so how is that not comparable to addiction?
"Opioid dependent pain patients" that isn't anything like addiction? If they suddenly run out of their medication they'll be OK because they aren't addicted?
I certainly agree with you that maintenance therapy is a large step above actively using. I know that pretty well. However, it's hard to believe that using methadone and then consequentially withdrawing from it is nothing like addiction.
I mean, people find drugs like benzodiazepines addictive. Some people claim to be addicted to loperamide, or diphenhydramine.
How can you say BMT and MMT cannot be compared with addiction?
"Dependence" and "Addiction" are two separate things, the first implies a physical dependency, and the latter implies a psychological and physical dependency which is clearly different from just dependency.
But I assure you that both are comparable.
Without buprenorphine I go through withdrawal, and I end up feeling a lot like I do without heroin. The only difference is buprenorphine is legal and heroin isn't.
A lot of anecdotal evidence on this forum leads me to believe that coming off of methadone is actually worse than heroin, so how is that not comparable to addiction?
"Opioid dependent pain patients" that isn't anything like addiction? If they suddenly run out of their medication they'll be OK because they aren't addicted?
I certainly agree with you that maintenance therapy is a large step above actively using. I know that pretty well. However, it's hard to believe that using methadone and then consequentially withdrawing from it is nothing like addiction.
I mean, people find drugs like benzodiazepines addictive. Some people claim to be addicted to loperamide, or diphenhydramine.
How can you say BMT and MMT cannot be compared with addiction?
"Dependence" and "Addiction" are two separate things, the first implies a physical dependency, and the latter implies a psychological and physical dependency which is clearly different from just dependency.
But I assure you that both are comparable.