Posted by danf on August 2, 2000, at 8:19:08
In reply to CAM! Halcion for panic?!!!, posted by Jennifer on August 1, 2000, at 21:04:45
would like to reinforce a bit of what Cam said.
halcions effect on short term memory makes it not a good drug for general anxiety use. Some folks may have a big memory gap, others less or none. if you are by yourself you will not even know that you do not remember. It does not put you out, just kind of erases a brief period.
taken for sleep this gap is during sleep & so is not missed.
this effect is liked by dentists because people have less fear later if something was uncomfortable. they don't remember the unpleasant episode.
most of the benzos can be speeded in onset if you let them melt under your tongue. part is absorbed thru the mucosa in the mouth. Xanax works this way too. It gets the med into the blood stream quicker.
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