Posted by yxibow on February 18, 2006, at 1:36:43
In reply to Barbiturates » yxibow, posted by ed_uk on February 17, 2006, at 14:32:41
> Hi J
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> >Of course there are still backwater county hospitals who use "vitamin H" (haldol), but that's a horrible practice.This I mean as a one-off practice, instead of using a small dose of intravenous benzodiazepine to restrain a patient.
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> Don't forget than some patients actually prefer haloperidol to atypical APs. Zyprexa are similar drugs cause substantial toxicity, obesity being one of the most commonly observed side effects. Xbunny, a babbler who suffers from schizophrenia, prefers the typical neuroleptic flupenthixol, another high potency neuroleptic.Aha, we've opened another can of worms :).. Yes, Zyprexa has serious obesity problems, Seroquel, which I take, comes in fairly less, in my experience. Its not a question of whether they cause these issues, its also a quality of life.. the one thing and I've mentioned this before, that they leave out of the report about atypicals vs old line drugs is the gobs of Cogentin that one has to take because they would be climbing the walls with akathisia.
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> >I assure you... doctors want to keep their DEA licences.
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> That would appear to be one of the major factors controlling US doctors prescribing.Yes, we're a litigious society, we learned it from the best <g> only we took off like mad.
Across the pond
Jay
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