Posted by valene on April 27, 2006, at 10:01:48
In reply to Re: Klono depressing. Need long benzo not depressi, posted by bassman on April 26, 2006, at 20:40:56
This is making me nervous then. I take xanax daily for my anxiety and was first put on it to take at bedtime only, 2mg. Now I take 1.50-1.75mg. and split my doses to 3x a day, but I have gone 17 hours without feeling I need my next dose. I've tried valium to no avail and xanax works.
I have an appointment with a renowned psychopharmacologist in Boston next week who has vast knowledge of benzodiazepines. I will ask him about this.
(Some of you would recognize his name if I wrote it. He has been mentioned on this forum before). He has written many papers and textbooks and is known all over the country if not the world.
Best wishes,
Val> Looks like there are two major metabolites in vivo and one is inactive and one is at a very low concentration, so it's hard to see how it would contribute to the half-life.
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> http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/alpraz_cp.htm
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> but speaking from experience, no matter what the half-life is, you do have to establish a schedule, like twice a day, and stick to it, or you will end up taking it 4 times a day and barely getting through the night. Whatever schedule you put yourself on, the Xanax will "remind" you take it on that schedule. The most used schedule is supposedly 0.25-0.5 mg tid, but once you go above that, I think you'll need a fourth dose a day. It's a great med if you don't mind being reminded several times a day how dependent you are on it. It is a star for periodic periods of panic, however. I agree that PRN is the best way to go for most folks.
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