Posted by viridis on December 14, 2002, at 21:45:44
In reply to Benzo Monotherapy or Antidepressants ?, posted by HIBA on December 14, 2002, at 2:41:16
Hi Hiba,
Of course benzo therapy is the best option for many people, and the newer antidepressants should be used much more cautiously than they are. I hope the pendulum will swing back to benzos (as appropriate), but there's a lot of negativity to overcome -- the antibenzo lobby is powerful (though mostly silly). Fortunately, many of the SSRIs are going off-patent, which should lessen drug company pressure on doctors for now.
Good psychiatrists like mine still recognize the value of benzos and don't pay attention to the anti-benzo nonsense, but unfortunately many GPs etc. (like mine) have been taken in by the propaganda. With any luck, this will fade as the SSRI hype subsides and people recognize that these drugs can be much more dangerous than benzos.
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