Posted by Cynthia_Greene on April 5, 2007, at 13:04:32
I'm nowhere near being one of those anti benzo zealots who thinks they should all be banned, but I'm really concerned about something.
The other week when I went to get a prescription for Valium, my doctor lectured me for a long time about how addictive it is and dangerous the withdrawel is, etc.
This is the same doctor who once gave me an unbelievable amount of Xanax without telling me once that it was addictive at all.Luckily I already knew how addictive Xanax is because I've had to study anxiety meds in psychology classes before and have already heard all the addiction horror stories, but I just realized how many people out there who don't know anything about benzos are being prescribed Xanax without being told that it's addictive.
I know a lot of people taking benzos every day that don't even know what class of drugs they belong to. When I ask my friends on Xanax what they're taking it for, a lot of them don't even know why it was prescribed and didn't even ask the doctor why before taking it.
Sorry if my post offends anyone, but I just think the whole Xanax thing is really scary and there would be less people addicted to it if the doctors or pharmacists would actually warn them first.
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