Posted by Quintal on February 4, 2007, at 20:05:22
In reply to Re: Ashton Rocks!, posted by Squiggles on February 4, 2007, at 19:45:21
Clonazepam is available in the UK as the brand name Rivotril, but it is mostly used to treat rare forms of epilepsy and has no license for anxiety. I managed to get a locum GP to prescribe it off label for me though. I wrote a post on my experiences with Rivotril earlier today so I won't repeat it all here. Here is a link to that post:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070201/msgs/729575.html
I imagine Prof. Ashton worked with international colleagues to arrive at her conclusions for drugs like Xanax and Klonopin. She has also produced withdrawal schedules and equivalence charts for some very obscure and rarely used benzos. Prof. Ashton doesn't usually deal with personal enquiries about benzodiazepine withdrawal but she may be willing to clarify academic details of her work to interested parties. You can contact her here if you wish:
Department of Psychiatry
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP
England UKQ
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