Posted by scott-d-o on December 16, 2003, at 6:43:42
In reply to Re: always addictive? » Viridis, posted by scott-d-o on December 16, 2003, at 0:32:50
Now that it has been established that benzodiazepines are not addictive and only dependency can develop I think a more interesting question is how did benzo's get such a bad reputation? After requesting Klonopin, I honestly had a pdoc tell me that Klonopin was the same thing as Xanax which he referred to as a "street drug" and said was "more addictive than heroin", which almost caused me to burst out laughing and ask where he received his doctorate (I want to go there, it must be easy as sh*t.)
Who thinks its because companies that hold SSRI's on patent are whispering "benzo's are addictive, prescribe more SSRI's," over and over into their ears?
Or is it because they *are* sold on the black market. The only reason being because they are bought either by people who are suffering and can't get a prescription because of this myth and it is the only way to find relief, or by people whom are abusing street drugs, who are going to continue to abuse those drugs whether they get the benzo or not.
scott
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