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Posted by sonic_gb on December 6, 2007, at 16:36:19
Does anyone have any experience with Nozinan (alternatively levomepromazine or methotrimeprazine in generic terms)?
My benzo usage has skyrocketed over the last 4 days, and I'm still not sleeping more than 2-3 hours. 90-120mg of oxazepam doesn't work anymore. (I'm prescribed 30-60) The clonazepam is supposed to be tapered to 2mg, but I'm taking 4 again to try to calm myself down. The psychiatrist thinks this is out of control, but can't get me into an inpatient facility as fast as he wants to.
So he prescribed Nozinan to help me sleep over the weekend. Has anyone used it? Does it work? As an anti-psychotic, does it leave you with that horrible icky akisthisia feeling? Will it leave me drooling and sedated for the entire next day? If so, I'd rather not sleep.
Posted by Maxime on December 6, 2007, at 19:14:01
In reply to Nozinan?, posted by sonic_gb on December 6, 2007, at 16:36:19
It's worth a try as you are exhausted. I had no ill effects from it. I was taken of clonazepam when I was in the hospital and they gave me Nozinan to sleep (I have used it before). I woke up with a bit of a dry mouth, but other than I was fine.
Give it a shot!
Maxime
> Does anyone have any experience with Nozinan (alternatively levomepromazine or methotrimeprazine in generic terms)?
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> My benzo usage has skyrocketed over the last 4 days, and I'm still not sleeping more than 2-3 hours. 90-120mg of oxazepam doesn't work anymore. (I'm prescribed 30-60) The clonazepam is supposed to be tapered to 2mg, but I'm taking 4 again to try to calm myself down. The psychiatrist thinks this is out of control, but can't get me into an inpatient facility as fast as he wants to.
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> So he prescribed Nozinan to help me sleep over the weekend. Has anyone used it? Does it work? As an anti-psychotic, does it leave you with that horrible icky akisthisia feeling? Will it leave me drooling and sedated for the entire next day? If so, I'd rather not sleep.
Posted by Phillipa on December 7, 2007, at 0:28:37
In reply to Re: Nozinan? » sonic_gb, posted by Maxime on December 6, 2007, at 19:14:01
Good luck I didn't sleep for two weeks when the doc here took me off luvox low dose and put me on only time release benzos horrible. Ended up in the er. Phillipa
Posted by yxibow on December 7, 2007, at 5:02:42
In reply to Re: Nozinan?, posted by Phillipa on December 7, 2007, at 0:28:37
> Good luck I didn't sleep for two weeks when the doc here took me off luvox low dose and put me on only time release benzos horrible. Ended up in the er. Phillipa
Its low potency but it still can cause EPS and other nasty things so its a conventional antipsychotic I wouldn't be taking. It can cause akathisia. It also is an analgesic which is why I guess someone wants to prescribe it for sleep but it was created in 1935 as a pesticide (it has ACh blockade).
I can't possibly see why trazodone, doxepin, amitryptaline, very low amounts of seroquel, benadryl (Unisom in some formulations), doxylamine succinate (Unisom), would not be better choices.
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