Posted by chemist on August 19, 2004, at 16:34:15
In reply to Re: green tea washing down xanax? » chemist, posted by Franz on August 19, 2004, at 15:52:26
hi franz...i do not know about the specifics in re: green tea/soy reducing elimination of benzodiazepines...i do hope larry or kara chimes in on this aspect. as for your other concerns, you should be fine: you are taking a low dose of klonopin in the evening, and the long half-life means that it will stick around longer, hence your morning tea will not interact. if you were to take your dose with a cup or two of tea/coffee, i would suspect that the usual elimination via urine would be enhanced, but not markedly. finally, the benzo derivatives alprazolam and adinazolam have been shown to have some anti-depressant effects. i am unaware of these effects from the 1,4-substituted benzos, such as klonopin. for the triazolobenzos, the literature i am familiar with points to 5-HT release being increased relative to the 1,4-benzos, and additional involvement of norepinephrine release being suppressed, as well as GABAnergic activity. it would seem that direct agonism/antagonism of receptors is at play. i take alprazolam and care for it most relative to benzos, but this is largely because it has been of great use to me for quelling panic attacks: i am not acutely aware of the AD effects, and i do take an antidepressant and dexedrine, so it is likely that the feel-good aspect of alprazolam is overshadowed from the other meds....i hope i have addressed your questions, and do encourage you to post for larry/kara in regards the scoop on green tea/soy + benzo clearance...all the best, chemist
> Thanks Chemist.
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> I thought the gren tea+soy combo speeds up the elimination of benzo.
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> I take a small dose Klonopin (= or less than 0.025 at bedtime) and would like to know if in the morning I drink tea it will accelerate the benzo metabolism (sorry for the imprecise language). I understand Klon has a long half life.
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> Also, do benzos modify neurotransmitter levels or just receptor binding?. I read some have an effect on 5HT.
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> Thanks
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