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Re: Just been Px klonopin, have questions » JonW

Posted by Alan on May 30, 2002, at 23:51:18

In reply to Re: Just been Px klonopin, have questions » Alan, posted by JonW on May 30, 2002, at 13:12:20

> Hi Alan,
>
> The problem I have with all of this is that >one could easily say that paxil or effexor, for >example, cause "physical dependence". But there >is definitely a difference between these drugs >and the benzos.

Not from what I read about withdrawl from ssri's on this board, from my own experience, and from everywhere I look - including more and more detox centers. People have trouble withdrawing from the new ssri's at rates no lower than with any other drug that needs to be tapered slowly. The problem is that the drug companies witheld information from the start that there was such a phenomenon and docs would give their suffering patients blank stares as they were trying to explain the symptoms. This seems to be the biggest topic of discussion. And many more take BZD's than ssri's. It's just that tolerance for ssri's is called "poop-out" and withdrawl "discontinuation syndrome" now.

>I've been hospitalized a few times this past >year and I didn't meet one person in detox for >paxil or effexor but I met plenty of people in >detox for Xanax and Klonopin.

Do you know what their history was? Was it the only drug they were abusing? "Addicts" in detox are usually poly drug abusers, have a predisposition for abuse, or have been misdiagnosed or not managed properly by their doc in the first place.

>I just think the fact that people *can* (not that >they will) dig themselves into a deep hole with >these drugs should be taken seriously. > Jon

And they are controlled substances for that reason. Because of a slight risk of abuse. But some folks take that fact and run with it...especially the anti-benzo cult groups with their scaremongering websites splattered about the internet. Even some docs mistakenly put their patients in detox to cover their ass just because of the slight RISK of liability since they mismanaged or misdiagnosed their patients in the first place. Or they are still in the benzophobic stage of their careers.

Alan


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