Posted by Quintal on August 8, 2007, at 13:04:45
In reply to Re: beta carbolines to reverse benzo cognitive pro » Quintal, posted by linkadge on August 8, 2007, at 11:02:55
I think I've read similar studies link, but the people here aren't taking small doses of benzos. It's really great you pick up on all these esoteric studies/mechanisms but you also need to consider their relevance. I don't think I've ever read of anyone taking such a small dose of lorazepam for anxiety. When I got my first script for Ativan I was surprised to learn that the dose used to induce post-surgical amnesia was actually *less* than the therapeutic dose I was prescribed for anxiety.
I find the results of this study interesting, particularly the results of the opiate group:
__________________________________________________A six year study on 51 vietnam veterans, who were drug abusers of either, mainly stimulants (11 people), mainly opiates (26 people) or mainly benzodiazepines (14 people), was carried out to assess psychiatric symptoms related to the specific drugs of abuse. At 6 year follow up, opiate abusers had little change in psychiatric symptomatology, 5 of the stimulant users had developed psychosis and 8 of the benzodiazepine users had developed depression. Therefore long term benzodiazepine abuse and dependence seems to carry a negative effect on mental health with a significant risk of causing depression.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazapene
__________________________________________________Shame doctors don't use bupe or codeine more often for anxiety.
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