Experimenting with ondansetron for opiate withdrawal

[deltakappamuMD]

So I don't know how many of you are aware but Stanford recently (last month) did a primitive study involving both rodents and then 8 non addicted adults utilizing ondansetron, a common anti-nausea medication, for treating opiate addiction. Well since this is hot off the press and just came to light last month, no studies involving addicted patients have ocurred yet (the study involved nonaddicted adults who were administered a morphine iv and THEN naloxone to induce a withdrawal like state). Well I have a friend (literally) who has been addicted to poppy tea and as you know is difficult to get off of. Well he is starting on ondansetron which will be taken between 4-8mg every 8 hrs as needed for withdrawal symptoms. He has been unsuccessfuly stopping the tea without suupport thus far. I'll give everyone an update and let them know how it goes.

For those who don't understand why this is such a big deal, ondansetron is an easy to obtain non scheduled prescription medication that, unlike subutex or methadone, doesn't act on the mu receptor and therefore has no risk of addiction. It is the first possible "magic bullet" that might help people truly break addiction. Any questions, PM me.

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Interesting find. Please post more info on the study and/or your friend.