Posted by Alan on November 3, 2002, at 18:07:08
In reply to difficulties in withdrawing psychotropic meds, posted by judy1 on November 2, 2002, at 15:05:30
> According to the World Health Organization reported in The Guardian, Paxil tops the list
> for drugs in terms of difficulty to quit followed by Effexor at number two, Zoloft at number
> four, and Prozac at number seven. The benzodiazepines Ativan and Valium come in at 11th and 13th.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4201752,00.html=============================================
Great link Judy!"The SSRIs are drugs for which withdrawal symptoms are most reported worldwide," said Charles Medawar of the group Social Audit, which has battled to get the authorities to recognise there is a problem."
And most significantly:
"Yet they are nothing like as widely used as benzodiazepines were."
Best,
Alan
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