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Posted by Paul Smith on May 12, 2005, at 18:06:54
Some docs say just drop the benzo you are on on the spot and start taking the other. Maybe, if one had only been on it a ahort time... But I have been putting in 40 mgs of valium a day for two months. Any suggestions for a crossover method? (Valium to Klonopin) The Ashton Manual suggests replacing one dose a week, so if you were dosing 4 times a day, that would take a month. As usual I think she aires much on the side of caution. Any other ideas on this? Thanks!
Posted by Phillipa on May 12, 2005, at 19:25:28
In reply to methods, crossing over from one benzo to another, posted by Paul Smith on May 12, 2005, at 18:06:54
I know what you mean. The pdocs have always said a benzo is a benzo. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by Paul Smith on May 12, 2005, at 20:06:22
In reply to Re: methods, crossing over from one benzo to another » Paul Smith, posted by Phillipa on May 12, 2005, at 19:25:28
Well they do not all feel the same, far from it. That is my experience. Xanax was the best but too short of a half life, and the XRs are expensive and said to be problematic, do not really last 24 hours. Klonopin was the real panic buster but i have been through a lot since then so do not know what the current situation would be.
Posted by Phillipa on May 12, 2005, at 20:36:20
In reply to Re: methods, crossing over from one benzo to another, posted by Paul Smith on May 12, 2005, at 20:06:22
And I agree with you one hundred percent! Too bad the pdoc's are so uninformed. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by ed_uk on May 13, 2005, at 14:57:52
In reply to Re: methods, crossing over from one benzo to another, posted by Paul Smith on May 12, 2005, at 20:06:22
>Xanax was the best but too short of a half life, and the XRs are expensive and said to be problematic, do not really last 24 hours.
Perhaps you could take Xanax XR every 12 hours (twice a day)....... or every 8 hours (three times a day).
Ed.
Posted by snapper on May 14, 2005, at 23:45:14
In reply to Re: methods, crossing over from one benzo to another » Paul Smith, posted by Phillipa on May 12, 2005, at 19:25:28
> I know what you mean. The pdocs have always said a benzo is a benzo. Fondly, Phillipa
IF ...... a benzo is a benzo is a benzo...then why are there so many different ones...? I think a fraction of this is related to free enterprise-boredom, competition and obviously the almighty $$$. For that matter is a painkiller a painkiller ...simply a painkiller? IMHO, I thinkest not! :)
Snapper
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