Posted by reefer on March 27, 2005, at 15:13:49
In reply to Re: Going Off Klonopin » reefer, posted by SLS on March 21, 2005, at 8:59:29
No it was in reply to this:
"Klonopin is simply very addictive, with a lot of doctors substituting drugs in the same family with much shorter half lifes for Klonopin as they taper down doses."
There is no way a doctor with knowledge about benzos would substitute Klonpin with Xanax for tapering because Xanax has a shorter half life. Actually they do exactly the opposite.
Of course there might be other reasons for substituting a longer acting benzo with a shorter acting when withdrawing. If a very rapid withdrawal would be needed in a hospitalized patient for reasons i wont go into.
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