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Re: pdoc insists i stop xanax

Posted by SLS on August 22, 2004, at 6:41:09

In reply to pdoc insists i stop xanax, posted by justjustine on August 21, 2004, at 17:53:46

> i have been taking xanax for years (1mg or less a day) and recently had to switch doctors. my new doctor is insisting that i taper off of xanax,

What reasons did your doctor give you for wanting you to discontinue Xanax?

I get angry when I hear doctors wanting to have their patients discontinue these very useful drugs because they are benzo-phobic without having a medical reason to be so.

A friend of mine suffers from schizoaffective disorder. She was kept in complete remission for several years taking a very simple regimen of Risperdal + Xanax. When she changed doctors, the new doctor insisted she discontinue Xanax and replaced it with Neurontin. She has been hospitalized 8 times since for psychotic episodes and has lost her housing. Over these last two years of hell, all her stubborn doctor would have needed to do was to write a prescription for Xanax to give her her life back. Ultimately, she found a rather shady GP to prescribe it for her. She has been fine ever since.

She has no complaints about memory.

I am certainly receptive to learn what it is about these drugs that would make it in a patient's best interests not to take them. Does anyone have a good argument against their use in cases like these?

Find a shady GP!


- Scott

 

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