Posted by sigismund on May 21, 2011, at 13:22:42
In reply to help switching from xanax to valium part ll, posted by floatingbridge on May 21, 2011, at 8:44:23
What you want to be aiming for, I gather, is a real equivalence that is, if anything, on the low side so you can start a taper, without building up more tolerance.
I couldn't do it on Xanax either, even though I prefer it. Though you have XR, which we do not. I expect you have decided against using that.
They are such different drugs in different ways (half life!) that a numerical equivalence will always be wrong for for someone.
But maybe you can say 0.5mg Xanax =< 10mg Valium, but I don't think you can extrapolate from that to take 30mg Valium at bedtime (of course).
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