Posted by yxibow on February 16, 2007, at 2:32:46
In reply to Re: Is Xanax the most potent benzodiapine in the U, posted by valene on February 14, 2007, at 17:59:51
> Jay,
> That makes me nervous ("not a long term drug") as I have been on xanax for many years. So I should ask for another benzo when xanax is working and I have reduced the amount from 3mg to 1.75mg. ? This is scaring me. But, I found that valium made me more sedated and I actually had a car accident during the short time I was taking valium in place of xanax. Never had an accident before and am convinced it was the valium (11mg.) (low dose compared to the xanax!)11mg of Valium is pretty low, in fact you would have to deliberately take a 10mg tablet and a 1mg tablet, are you sure that was the dose?
What I meant is that for the majority of people who are taking a benzodiazepine for an extended period of time is that the best agents are the ones with the longest half life -- Klonopin, Valium, Librium, etc. because they have less problems with interdosal withdrawal and withdrawal from them in general.
On the other hand there are some people for whom Xanax is the only one that works for them, so if that scared you that wasn't my intention -- its just that if you're used to Xanax, it doesn't work very well as a PRN agent when you need something fast to knock down a panic attack, say.
Sorry for the worry
-- tidings
> Val
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> > Yes -- try Dalmane... well not without your doctor. If you've never used it for sleep, it sucks you in. I'd rank that with pretty powerful, but again the half life is only intended for sleep.
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> > But I'd agree that Xanax is fairly potent which is why I save it for a PRN use and not a long term drug.
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