Posted by bassman on April 5, 2007, at 19:06:19
In reply to Doctors irresponsible with Xanax, posted by Cynthia_Greene on April 5, 2007, at 13:04:32
I guess that's the other side of the benzo story. The usual story is that docs hold onto control of benzo use like it was heroin. That's often scares people that don't need to be more fearful. Xanax isn't "addictive" (I think you mean "causes dependence")at all to some people. And for some people, like myself, I don't seem to get dependent on any benzo-in the sense that I experience no withdrawal. The psychoactive drugs that scare me are the atypicals with their diabetes/extreme weight gain and Effexor (see the Withdrawal board at this site).
I do agree that any competent doc would say something like, "if you take this benzo long enough and regularly enough, you'll have to taper off the med; and for some people, that can be unpleasant". I personally side with the "stop the patient suffering now, worry about dependence later" school of thought.
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