Posted by fca on September 5, 2006, at 11:49:25
In reply to Re: Klonopin helps me, but I'm an addict » mattye, posted by Oppycat on September 5, 2006, at 9:59:18
I have a colleague and friend who is a psychiatrist and also board certified in addiction medicine--he does on occassion prescribe long acting benzo's if the patient has been refractory to other interventions--we were recently talking about a patient in his fifties who has been on a low dose benzo for over 10 years. During this time the patient maintained sobriety,his anxiety was well managed and he was able to work and maintain all appropriate roles. There was no dose escalation. Before the benzos the person had experienced multiple relapses, severe medical complications from alcoholism and would probaly soon die. My friend said it was a no brainer. He now sees him twice a year.
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