Posted by sukarno on January 5, 2014, at 16:04:13
In reply to Absorption of diazepam » sukarno, posted by ed_uk2010 on January 5, 2014, at 13:48:58
> >I quit famotidine a few days ago and my stomach feels fine and no GERD or anything but I've noticed....
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> Why not just take say 20mg twice a day for one week then 20mg daily for one week then stop?
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> It's interesting what you say about diazepam being noticeable after you take your morning dose. Diazepam is absorbed faster than any other med I've ever taken. The likes of lorazepam take ages to work in comparison (oral or sublingual), and I frankly don't find it very effective. Diazepam is the only med I would want to take for an acute panic attack. It stops it within 10 minutes.I'm finally feeling better now although
your strategy would have worked better.
I was just too scared of the 449ms QTc
and read some articles that claimed high
doses (dialysis patients in particular..of
course they would have the potential to
have very high levels accumulating in
their body) prolong QTc and have
induced TdP in some people.Lorazepam took forever to take effect.
I remember waiting 45 to 60 minutes
for it to work (as a short term sleep aid
prescribed by my pdoc) and I was sure
I fell asleep long before the drug took effect.The next day I felt sleepy and was hearing
music playing repeatedly in my head..
I just couldn't focus on any tasks at all.I wasn't sure if I was in a state of withdrawal
or a state of intoxication as both were rather similar..
a very amnestic effect and not very effective at all
for my anxiety when I did try it for a brief time as
a daytime anxiolytic years ago.I'm not sure why lorazepam is so popular in the US.
Perhaps it is the slow onset of action which deters
drug seekers and the lack of a "buzz" means less
abuse liability.Oxazepam was the same in that it was so slow
to take effect and when it did it didn't do much.
I experienced no amnestic effects with oxazepam though.
I was given it once in the ER for panic attacks
but it took an hour to take effect so it didn't
stop my attacks at the time.One pdoc I met said "diazepam is tried and true"
and thought of all the other benzodiazepines
as just a bunch of fancy marketing tactics and not
superior to diazepam. With all the decades of use
and millions (or billions) of prescriptions for diazepam,
what is known about it is probably very well known by now.
diazepam 10mg BID, cetirizine 10mg BID, GNC Ultra Mega Gold, Vitamin D 1200IU, probiotics, quit smoking 19/4/2013
Dx: panic disorder with agoraphobia, OCD
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