Posted by Squiggles on August 10, 2007, at 11:25:08
In reply to Re: Someone Prove Ashton Wrong!!!!!!!!!!....Please, posted by boveni3 on August 5, 2007, at 22:14:29
> "I still believe that under the care of the right doctor, benzodiazepines are among the safest psychoactive drugs purely due to their very long history, over barbiturates, reducing the chance of overdosage."
>I agree with much of that, and I think Dr. Ashton
has a chapter on the Rational Use of Benzos. The
problem is that they have been taken lightly due to the marketing promotion over the old barbiturates. They do need monitoring for tolerance, withdrawal, and dose, especially for older people who may fall or have car accidents or other mishaps due to cognitive and motor effects of benzos; and if they are living alone, there is always the problem of forgetting the right dose.They're just overused and once used, constanty used.
Squiggles
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