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Posted by rjlockhart on April 6, 2007, at 0:05:21
This is to a post abouve about Valium lasting only 2 hours.
I read somewhere that Valium or Diazpeam lasts only 1 hour when used in IV's in hospitals, thats why they use Lorazepam to calm patients down.
And i have heard so many times in the past about, valium can last days in a person, but now im hearing it lasts only 2 hours? What, does diazepam have a spefic half life, or it just varies in people.
Posted by ronaldo on April 6, 2007, at 7:31:21
In reply to How long does Valium Last anyway?, posted by rjlockhart on April 6, 2007, at 0:05:21
Hi rj
Diazepam has a half-life (t1/2α) of 20-50 hours, and desmethyldiazepam [the main metabolite of diazepam] has a half-life of 30-200 hours
Continual daily doses of diazepam will quickly build up to a high concentration in the body (mainly in adipose tissue), which will be far in excess of the actual dose for any given day.[13][15]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diazepam
ronaldo
> This is to a post abouve about Valium lasting only 2 hours.
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> I read somewhere that Valium or Diazpeam lasts only 1 hour when used in IV's in hospitals, thats why they use Lorazepam to calm patients down.
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> And i have heard so many times in the past about, valium can last days in a person, but now im hearing it lasts only 2 hours? What, does diazepam have a spefic half life, or it just varies in people.
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Posted by Phillipa on April 6, 2007, at 11:28:55
In reply to Re: How long does Valium Last anyway? » rjlockhart, posted by ronaldo on April 6, 2007, at 7:31:21
Right now two hours is all it's lasting for me haven't slept in days. Love Phillipa
Posted by ronaldo on April 7, 2007, at 11:24:33
In reply to Re: How long does Valium Last anyway? » ronaldo, posted by Phillipa on April 6, 2007, at 11:28:55
Hi Phillipa
Sorry to hear you are not sleeping. I know what it's like. I heard, from blueberry I think, that half or quarter of a 7.5 mg Remeron (Mirtazipine)works good for sleep. Haven't tried it myself. Worth a go? He said the trick is to take less not more. Half should do it.
Regards
ronaldo
> Right now two hours is all it's lasting for me haven't slept in days. Love Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on April 7, 2007, at 20:01:03
In reply to Re: How long does Valium Last anyway? » Phillipa, posted by ronaldo on April 7, 2007, at 11:24:33
Ronaldo thanks for replying yes I was on remeron and chloral hydrate and for one night added seroquel which was discontinued the next day. And I took low dose remeron for over a month with chloral hydrate and xanax at one time and was not aided by remeron. I have a pattern til lately of waking after four hours due to the birth years ago of my first and fear she would stop breathing. I was only l9 at the time. So what's happening now I think I know is that the endo when I started seeing him planted a seed that I had to take sythroid in the middle of the night. So a trigger goes off. For four years all docs said it didn't matter when I took my sythroid as long as levels were fine which they were until a bout of diverticulitis and then everything went haywire. I really don't like this endo and may change. Love Phillipa
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