Posted by special_k on March 26, 2006, at 2:08:25
In reply to Re: benzo's for anxiety (which one?) » special_k, posted by yxibow on March 26, 2006, at 1:55:04
Ah. thanks for jumping in. we crossed posts just then.
> diazepam exceeds a 24 hour half life...
that means that half of it goes away (or is metabolised or whatever) in 24 hours (or longer) but the rest of it is still hanging on in there?
geez. that is a long time. i was checking out the equivalence charts last night (though I was falling asleep rather...) and i noticed it had a very long half life...
> I take it twice daily...
So given the long half life and your taking it 2x daily... you would have a bit of a cumulative effect... Because your morning dosage is still in effect when you take your evening dosage. and because half of your morning dosage is still in effect when you take the next mornings dosage
morning----evening----morning.. (and then half is gone)
................evening----morning.. (and still going strong)
...........................morning.. (and still going strong)or am i misunderstanding the notion of 'half life'?
>as it has three metabolites -- nordiazepam, temazepam (Restoril), and oxazepam (Serax.)sorry i lost you with that bit
but what did you start out on?
what sort?
how often?
how much?
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