Posted by yxibow on September 13, 2006, at 15:59:28
In reply to Re: BENZO Preferences? one easier to WD????, posted by qbsbrown on September 13, 2006, at 9:49:11
> twice daily, 5 and 7.5mgs, morning-night.
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> the odd thing is that all the literature i look at can't pin down the conversion from valium to ativan.
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> half says 5mg valium=1mg ativan
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> the other half says 10mg=1mg ativan
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> I love when there's billion's of dollars involved, and people's health at stage, and we can't know simple questions like that, eg lexapro=celexa equivalence.
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> Brian
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> Brian
There's no exact science, especially in the second one, the SSRI equivalence, but the first chart you speak of, I think you're talking about the one on Dr bob's list, is accurate. I know, because I transferred a **load of Klonopin over stages to a **load of Valium and its correct. 1mg Lorazepam is approximately 5mg Valium, a 10mg Valium tablet is approximately a half milligram Klonopin tablet.
I take Valium twice daily even though it has a 24+ hour half life, bulk in the evening.
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