Posted by yxibow on April 3, 2006, at 15:08:10
In reply to Re: So If You Live In The UK? » Meri-Tuuli, posted by ed_uk on April 3, 2006, at 14:06:15
> That's exactly right. Elderly women who have been on diazepam (Valium) for many years generally have little problem getting prescriptions. Young people (especially men I believe) are treated very differently. I've actually seen prescriptions for ONE 2mg diazepam tablet. Geez, I need at least 10mg per dose.
I was going to say ___ out of luck, but Ed put it more politely. Seems the same as lists of things in Australia from what I can tell -- including a government of big brother over movies, which we used to have in the US until it was self-regulated.Its really atrocious that life enhancing and saving medications (i.e. getting housebound people out into the public), even the smallest dose of benzodiazepines are disdained upon by the NHS. Of course maybe one could circuitously freeze this by going to a private doctor. But I imagine the costs would be much greater than NHS.
Of course I speak as a user of (prescribed) high dose benzodiazpines (for a specific disorder that is quite atrocious), but I used to take lower doses frequently in the past of things like Klonopin to augment antidepressants, etc here in the US. Yes, we have the looming DEA, but if you present a good case to a doctor you're likely to get some response for necessary medications. And then we pay more here too, since we don't have the NHS or Canada to regulate drug prices. Argh...
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