Posted by Ian on September 15, 1999, at 8:36:58
In reply to Re: Lorazapam-inviting all comments about benzos, posted by Amy II on September 14, 1999, at 18:50:27
It appears to me that the benzo thing is a bit of a lottery.I've met one or two people who claim benzodiazpines have mad a real mess of there lives listing every concievable side effect and claiming they have lost years of there lives on them. On the other side I've met plenty of sprightly little old ladies who have been taking 10mg of Temazepam or 5mg of Nitrazepam to get them off to sleep for the last ten fifteen years with no ill effects.
Realy the benzo's in that sense are very similar to alcohol in the way people use them. The cross over of CNS suppressing effects is quite clear,benzos are used to lessen the effects of alcohol withdrawal and personally I've used them (or chlormetiazole) when confronted with post op orthopaedic patients beginning to lose it when their system hasn't had the rather generous Scotch nightcaps that they are used to.
This is another amiguous answer but I suppose it highlights the fact that the person the drug is given to or the reason for giving it are often the determinates of whether a drug is deamed good or bad, addictive or non addictive.
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