Hi all.
I want to make it absolutely clear that any postings on this site by me are my own and based on my own understanding of Baclofen. I am not a doctor and have no medical qualifications whatsoever. After posting on mywayout for some time I became so alarmed by the fact that people were having to self-prescribe that I set up a site to promote prescription under the direction of a doctor as opposed to self prescription.
None of my posts in relation to a fast detox using Baclofen were recommended by any doctor. I came up with the idea myself. I may have misinterpreted certain things which were said to me and it may be that people on this site think there is a doctor who is using a fast detox method. That is not the case as far as I am aware.
Also, my wife has been on Baclofen for over a year and has had high doses of it so side effects were not as much of an issue with her. Of course, having posted for such a long time about this I perhaps overlooked the fact that people who did not know my situation may have thought that this was something someone should do without ever having taken Baclofen before. I suppose that I should have been more careful in what I did because it may be that using Baclofen in the way I suggested is dangerous and I would not want anyone to be harmed by my actions, far from it.
I will add that my experience with alcoholism over the past 10 years, purely as a carer, has led me to believe that the safest treatment for alcoholism is that contained in Seven Weeks to Sobriety and I recommend the book to anyone. However, the discovery of high-dose baclofen treatment is something which is an enormously useful tool and does work to stop craving. A reading of Seven Weeks will tell anyone, perhaps including Dr. Ameisen, that there is more to recovering from years of alcoholism than just stopping the craving mechanism.
Again, the dosages which I set out on the Dosage and Frequency thread were not recommended by anyone. I tried them out of desperation and reported the results as they happened.
I hope that clarifies things and that no one is upset.
Please, please, consult a doctor when you are engaging in any pharmaceutical treatment.
Kind regards
Otter
I want to make it absolutely clear that any postings on this site by me are my own and based on my own understanding of Baclofen. I am not a doctor and have no medical qualifications whatsoever. After posting on mywayout for some time I became so alarmed by the fact that people were having to self-prescribe that I set up a site to promote prescription under the direction of a doctor as opposed to self prescription.
None of my posts in relation to a fast detox using Baclofen were recommended by any doctor. I came up with the idea myself. I may have misinterpreted certain things which were said to me and it may be that people on this site think there is a doctor who is using a fast detox method. That is not the case as far as I am aware.
Also, my wife has been on Baclofen for over a year and has had high doses of it so side effects were not as much of an issue with her. Of course, having posted for such a long time about this I perhaps overlooked the fact that people who did not know my situation may have thought that this was something someone should do without ever having taken Baclofen before. I suppose that I should have been more careful in what I did because it may be that using Baclofen in the way I suggested is dangerous and I would not want anyone to be harmed by my actions, far from it.
I will add that my experience with alcoholism over the past 10 years, purely as a carer, has led me to believe that the safest treatment for alcoholism is that contained in Seven Weeks to Sobriety and I recommend the book to anyone. However, the discovery of high-dose baclofen treatment is something which is an enormously useful tool and does work to stop craving. A reading of Seven Weeks will tell anyone, perhaps including Dr. Ameisen, that there is more to recovering from years of alcoholism than just stopping the craving mechanism.
Again, the dosages which I set out on the Dosage and Frequency thread were not recommended by anyone. I tried them out of desperation and reported the results as they happened.
I hope that clarifies things and that no one is upset.
Please, please, consult a doctor when you are engaging in any pharmaceutical treatment.
Kind regards
Otter
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