Posted by med_empowered on February 3, 2005, at 7:56:11
In reply to Re: My incompetent psychiatrist, posted by SLS on February 3, 2005, at 6:35:58
hey! barbiturates are RARELY used these days, accounting for about 10% of all prescriptions for anti-anxiety/hypnotic drugs...I think this excludes most high-dose phenobarbital prescriptions, written obviously for convulsions. Anyway, seconal and nembutal, occasionally Tuinal, are still utilized in treatment resistant insomnia...doctors are understandably hesistant to do this, some insurance companies will only cover these drugs after speaking with the doctor, and patients generally don't seek barbiturates anymore, but specialists in sleep and some psychiatrists can and do write prescriptions for those in need. In addition, instead of using antipsychotics for treatment-resistant anxiety (think anxiety thzt doesn't respond adequately to drug combos involving benzos), doctors will still sometimes use barbiturates and/or Miltown.
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