Posted by ed_uk on October 27, 2006, at 14:28:19
In reply to Re: Phenobarbital for Anxiety » ed_uk, posted by yxibow on October 27, 2006, at 3:20:45
>...."trouble metabolizing..."
The half life of certain benzodiazepines can be extremely prolonged in a proportion of elderly people (eg. alprazolam, diazepam, midazolam). This may lead to accumulation......oversedation, confusion etc. Benzos metabolised by conjugation (eg. oxazepam, lorazepam and temazepam) do not accumulate.
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