Posted by Quintal on January 30, 2007, at 20:40:10
In reply to Re: Quintal + alprazolam, posted by dbc on January 30, 2007, at 19:45:24
Clonazepam has also been shown to have antidepressant and is suspected to have mood stabilizing effects, yet as we've seen, in practice it can be somewhat contrary.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10880686&dopt=Abstract
__________________________________________________A marked antidepressive effectiveness of clonazepam was suggested also by a drop of the total HAMD and FKD score already after the first week of treatment.
__________________________________________________http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/0924977x/2003/00000013/00000002/art00174
>I dont care for the anti benzo hysteria of the british shrinks and they need to do their homework.
Nor do I, but what happened in Britain was not hysteria on behalf of the psychiatrists, it was the general public (many of whom had become addicted to benzos against their will) that pressurized the government into legislating against benzos. Benzos are still prescribed where necessary but they are rarely used long-term in young people unless they fail to respond to more acceptable treatments. Nevertheless from the age of 19 I received prescriptions for seven different benzos and 'Z-drugs', sometimes taking three at the same time with my GP's consent (diazepam, lorazepam and zopiclone).
Xanax isn't available on the NHS here so they can't prescribe it. My second pdoc said he would give me Xanax if he could - he worked and did some of his training in Canada. I bought a script for Xanax privately anyway and it did nothing for me. It was like a placebo despite its high potency.
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