Posted by Alan on October 22, 2002, at 17:25:07
In reply to Re: My Klonopin (Clonazepam) isnt working ??, posted by hiba on October 22, 2002, at 5:25:54
The bottom line about the subject, an argument put forward by many a professional that know their business based on the most reliable and recent clinical and statistical information is two-fold:
1) If one is unwilling or unable to distinguish between addiction and medical dependence, one could talk until doomsday and it would be nothing other than an incredible waste of time.
2) One can not generalise their own situation and extrapolate out for the general population based on their experience. It is not a logically sound form of reasoning - especially in the science of medicine.
Needless to say, both still prevail in the anti-benzo movement and that doesn't even take into account the similarly commercially driven opinions of the APA, ASA, APDA, AA, AAPRA, AAA, AARP, BSA, 20 year old texts, or whomever you want to list (all, by the way, relying on the original prescribing information made by the companies and completely ignoring the plethora of more independent studies over the last 40+ years - reviewed by the World Health Organisation).
Yeah, I've dialougued with Ray and Rand and similar anti-benzo zealots and it's a waste of time. The only positive outcome of such invasions by them is to counter bad information with better information. Then it becomas painfully clear to the vulnerable anxiety sufferer that they're attempting to broadside that there's no great mystery and demon factor when it comes to these medications - more than any other. It's just their "thing" to do.
The profit motive in promting AD's for anxiety disorders from "face time" is laughingly obvious - and has even emboldened pharmecutical representatives to infiltrate bboards of vulnerable anxiety suffers to "advise" them as if giving out medical advice....second hand from a small group of doctors they've "consulted" with.
I mean, come on. How much more obvious can this elephant standing in the room become before someone says anything?
Alan
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