Posted by yxibow on March 14, 2005, at 22:54:15
In reply to Re: Klono not nearly as effective as X? (Oth. Benz » FredPotter, posted by Phillipa on March 14, 2005, at 22:11:45
I've been on them for extended periods, but there are several reasons one might want to withdraw temporarily or permanently for another choice of medication:
1) benzodiazepines do affect cognition and if one is sensitive one may have a difficulty or hazard driving as the dose increases.
2) in a significant number of people, tolerance is built up -- I wouldn't characterise benzodiazepines as addictive but more as habit-forming. "drug holidays" may be necessary to reverse this cycle and then re-introduce the medication.
Still most benzodiazepines are probably among the safest psychiatric medication on the market, both in terms of side effects and overdosage, probably because among other things as noted by the previous posters, they have a long history -- the prototype Librium (chlordiazepoxide) hit the shelves in 1960.
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