Saw an interesting blurb on the internet this morning about a French physician who claims that Baclofen, which is a drug normally used to treat folks with spastic muscle disorders, was able to cure him of his addiction to alcohol.
Here’s a link to a brief story on it.
It would be nice if subsequent research shows this to be of benefit.
Drug addiction is a terrible thing that tears people’s lives apart.
Hmmmmmm……..I wonder if Baclofen could help eliminate my craving for junk food?????
I received Dr. Ameisen’s book today and have read most of it. I have a son who is a heroine addict. He is currently in rehab. This is his third time. He uses the day he comes out. He had surgery on a very large tumor at Sloan-Kettering Hospital in NYC around 7-8 years ago. He got addicted to prescription opiates for chronic pain caused by the surgery. He is now fighting for his life. He has 3 outcomes, jail, death, or recovery. I believe that baclofen could be of great use to all addicts. The problem is that no one will fund the research because Baclofen is a generic drug that will not be lucrative to the pharmaceutical companies. Doctors are hesitant to prescribe it to their addicted patients for lack of medical studies. It is a terrible shame that perhaps millions of people could regain a normal, fulfilling life because no one will take the initiative and help. My son may die before things change.
I have also read The End of My Addiction and thought that it was fantastic. I asked my chemical dependency doctors about baclofen, and the drug was quickly dismissed as simply a muscle relaxant, unable to do what is claimed in the book. Undeterred, I went to my regular doctor, and after he did some research, he prescribed a three month supply. 10mg/3x/day. I have only been on it for five days, but I’m hoping for the help the author described. Time will tell. No side effects so far.
Just got on baclofen, had been doing alot of percosets. So far I feel ok and have no symptoms of withdrawul