Posted by yxibow on May 14, 2006, at 16:38:53
In reply to Lunesta input, posted by SadDoggie on May 14, 2006, at 9:49:51
> Anybody who's taken Lunesta, can you really take it continuously without having it lose it's effect or getting addicted?
Yes -- but I am not benzodiazepine "naive" so I have to take the full 3mg of it (at least). Those who have taken higher doses currently or recently of benzodiazepines (e.g. Valium) will cross-pollenate to an extent and not "feel" the effect as much at its lower dosages.
There are always exceptions, of course... if one gets very easily.. I wouldnt use the word addicted (intense craving for a drug with no purpose) -- habituated (escalation of dose) to benzodiazepines in general and keeps having to up their dose of klonopin, etc --- it might occur in the same way with Lunesta, Ambien/AmbienCR, or Sonata, even though they're not benzodiazepines they do have affect on the same transmitters.
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