I have started this thread because I hope that this drug may become better recognised in countries other than France (which does seem to support it; at least it's acknowledged there as a treatment).
I don't know how to spread the word, other than speaking to anyone who I think might have some influence in the medical arena in Australia.
I know someone who is a professor emeritus in psychiatry, although his area is not addiction. I have mentioned Bac to him on a few occasions and I hope to gently steer him in the direction of Bac research. This might get him talking to colleagues.
My sister is a GP who works with a part of the community that is susceptible to addiction. Again, I hope to slowly feed her with the research to hopefully persuade her to get her colleagues to consider prescribing Bac.
My own GP, who reluctantly prescribed Bac only after seeing me sober (after I filled a scrip given by my psych Dr) still sees it as "well, it works for you. It doesn't work for everyone". I keep saying, it works for most people, like 60-70 per cent of people.
Even the psych, who wrote the first script only at my prompting, said when I saw him much later that it was his third line of defence after naltrexone and campral. When I asked why, he said... wait for it..."It doesn't work for everybody"
I don't wish to proselytise, but it's a shame that this drug that has done so much for some seemingly can't be used for so many more who could benefit from it..
I don't know how to spread the word, other than speaking to anyone who I think might have some influence in the medical arena in Australia.
I know someone who is a professor emeritus in psychiatry, although his area is not addiction. I have mentioned Bac to him on a few occasions and I hope to gently steer him in the direction of Bac research. This might get him talking to colleagues.
My sister is a GP who works with a part of the community that is susceptible to addiction. Again, I hope to slowly feed her with the research to hopefully persuade her to get her colleagues to consider prescribing Bac.
My own GP, who reluctantly prescribed Bac only after seeing me sober (after I filled a scrip given by my psych Dr) still sees it as "well, it works for you. It doesn't work for everyone". I keep saying, it works for most people, like 60-70 per cent of people.
Even the psych, who wrote the first script only at my prompting, said when I saw him much later that it was his third line of defence after naltrexone and campral. When I asked why, he said... wait for it..."It doesn't work for everybody"
I don't wish to proselytise, but it's a shame that this drug that has done so much for some seemingly can't be used for so many more who could benefit from it..
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