Posted by Else on July 1, 2001, at 14:40:13
In reply to Re: How much clonazepam is needed for SP? » Else, posted by Rick on July 1, 2001, at 2:25:08
> >The researchers obtainned excellent results with a mean dose of 3mg but since there were only 5 participants (who were probably men as is usually the case), the dose does seem quite hefty.
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> The breakthrough study I quoted on clonazepam in SP had decent female representation: about 40% of both the test and placebo groups were female. And there were a lot more than 5!
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> >However, for a while I was on Ativan 6mg daily and felt fine, that is, completely "cured", and did not even feel drowsy (I was still somewhat insomniac, actually). I was taken off because my
> former) doctor felt uncomfortable keeping me on such a high dose. I am a 100lbs female but I think my nervous system is that of a roadrunner. Anyhow, my doctor is not too keen on prescribing large doses of benzos even though the Neurontin he has me on now makes me even more ataxic. I'll get this figured out in two weeks I guess.
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> If the alternates don't do work as well for you as the 6 mg. Ativan, you should try to get a second and even third opinion as to whether and why it needs to be ruled out. Granted, there may be bad withdrawal (as with the "safe" AD Effexor) or even addiction in a small minority of cases with a short-acting anxiolytic like Ativan. And concomitant use of excessive alcohol or recreational drugs can cause serious problems.
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> But overall benzos are safe drugs. Damn safe drugs. Safer than AD's.
>I fully agree. I don't understand why everyone is so freaked out about benzos. They are some of the least toxic drugs availlable. And even if addiction was as big a problem as they make it out to be, I would rather be addicted to these innocuous drugs than miserable. I wonder what percentage of americans are addicted to coffee and couldn't get up in the morning without it?
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> Rick
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