Posted by yxibow on January 18, 2006, at 21:44:16
In reply to Re: Can I switch directly over from Klonopin to Va » yxibow, posted by cache-monkey on January 18, 2006, at 20:39:02
> > Yes, 0.5mg Klonopin = 10mg Valium, in my body at least, approximately. You may vary. Can be taken once daily, once a full plasma has reached (less than a week), since it has a 24 hour half life. No harm in taking it twice daily but it will eventually adjust to an approximate 24 hour cycle regardless.
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> Ashton's site has led me to believe that Valium's half-life (esp. when including the active metabolize) is even longer than 24 hours... Out of curiosity do you have other information or were you just using 24 as a rule of thumb?
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> Best,
> cache-monkey
>No, I was using the rule that my psychopharmacologist has seen in many patients, that give or take it is about 24 hours. There may be other metabolites but they're not as important necessarily.
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