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In this show, Dr. Gracer is joined by his patient Robert, who suffers from severe depression and is being successfully treated with buprenorphine (Subutex/Suboxone).

Although this medication is FDA approved for use in opiate addiction and dependency, it can also treat very severely depressed people, who have not responded to other antidepressant medications. In Robert’s case, this probably saved his life. Listen to his story and learn about this promising treatment.

More about Robert
Robert, now 59, was a successful business person until he had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor in 2007. Within one month of surgery he dove into a deep depression that did not get better with any of the antidepressant medications that were tried by his very skilled psychiatrist. He was sent to me as a last resort. Today, he is active and no longer depressed, although the recession has given him some difficult challenges.