Posted by zeugma on August 3, 2004, at 16:18:02
In reply to Re: Xanax XR vs Klonopin at bedtime? » chess, posted by chemist on August 3, 2004, at 8:34:00
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there are data that indicate that antidepressant properties are associated with alprazolam (and at least one other drug).the other drug is adinazolam. I know someone who treats her depression with Xanax, and from what I know about her situation it is associated with fewer adverse effects than SSRI treatment, in her case at least. Adinazolam was abandoned, from the hints I have gathered from isolated abstracts, because of the widespread prejudice against benzos, and the rigid conviction that anything with 'benzodiazepine' in its chemical name (prefaced by 'triazolo-' or not) could not be an antidepressant. These facts indicate that 'antidepressant' is not an altogether innocent term, it has been stained both by some curious exclusions and some equally dubious inclusions.
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