Posted by Emme on December 9, 2005, at 12:40:35
In reply to Be wary of benzos affecting effacy of other meds, posted by JohnKeats on December 8, 2005, at 5:08:54
I'm sorry, but your post does not seem to indicate that the clonazepam was negatively interacting with your other drugs. All it says is that you felt better with Elavil than with clonazepam, and that you had little success with Effexor, Prozac, and some others. It doesn't follow that clonazepam was actually preventing the other drugs from working. The clonazepam may just not agree with you. (You also do not say what other drugs you were taking when you decided to d/c the clonazepam.)
A couple of references about successful benzo augmentation:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12128237&query_hl=3In this case, a benzodiazepene *reduced* clearance of an AD.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1424422&query_hl=3
> They require higher and higher doses as tolerance builds up.Prescribed and used correctly, these drugs can be taken by many people for extended periods without the need for dose escalation. I use xanax prn and my need floats both up *and* down depending on my circumstances.
Good luck with elavil. It sounds as if that may be a good drug for you.
emme
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