Posted by chemist on April 25, 2004, at 21:38:20
In reply to Re: PANICK ATTACKS AND VALUIM ?? ASSISTENCE PLSE, posted by jms600 on April 25, 2004, at 16:10:42
> > Yes, Valium works on anxiety, but not as fast as Xanax. Klonopin is a better choice for regular, long-term use because you are less likely to develop tolerance to Klonopin.
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> Unfortunately it's unlikely that doctors would prescribe Klonopin on the NHS in the Britain as it's only licensed for epilepsy and not anxiety although it is an excellent anxiolytic.
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> True, Xanax works faster than Valium, but its a shorter acting drug and with long term use, the user is more likely to suffer from more severe withdrawal syptoms than a longer acting Benzo such as Valium.chemist here...i concur with jms600....in prn dosing, valium will act faster than ativan, xanax the fastest. the real problem is in getting off of xanax, it is a triazolobenzodiazepine, not a 1,4 or 1,5 substituted benzo (like the rest) and thus you cannot (comfortably) swap a traditional benzo for xanax during a taper...all the best, chemist
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