Posted by jealibeanz on May 4, 2007, at 4:29:42
I found this psychiatry blog. It's not like I didn't know that doctors didn't love prescribing Xanax, but I've never actually heard their opinions flat-out and unfiltered. It's very upsetting to read.
http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-docs-dont-like-xanax-some-of-us.html
None of them said they'd ever written the first script for Xanax with a patient. They'd either never prescribed it, or only done so if they were continuing another doctor's care.
One poster mentions that benzo's are like finding a "shoe that fits". Every patient has their preference and some work better than others. I guess if Xanax is that perfect fit they all think the patient must settle for the 2nd or 3rd best medication for them in that case.
There's one person, an NP, who states that it's very difficult to transition a patient from a short-acting to a long-acting benzo. They struggle.
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