Posted by Squiggles on February 12, 2007, at 7:03:33
In reply to Re: Benzo Confidential - clonazepam's history » Squiggles, posted by Larry Hoover on February 12, 2007, at 6:56:30
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> > > The PIM for the most part assumes an overdose so it is out of place for giving info about normal doses. I think it tends to scare people.
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> > Sorry-- maybe it's good to know? But it is
> > an excellent site, imho.
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> > Squiggles
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> I want to say, it is still a valuable site. Some people get symptoms of overdose at what are thought to be normal physiological doses. Sensitivities are not consistent across the population; e.g. I can't tolerate 1/8 of a 0.5 mg tablet of clonazepam. That's my body, and that's life.
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> Also, some monographs are complete, and include data about normal dosing, and normal response to the medication in question. However, many do not. Their information is solely about acute overdose management.
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> What I'm saying is, the context matters. No matter how scholarly the source, the information must remain in its context to be reliable.
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> Lar
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You sound very well-educated in this area, so
I hope that you can emphasize which Drug Info websites are more appropriate, and that this is strictly for "work-related/environmental danger warnings".I would like to see a databank of the good ones; maybe we can start one with contributions from posters here?
Just a suggestion -- I placed a couple on Social.
Squiggles
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