Posted by Squiggles on August 28, 2006, at 13:24:05
In reply to Re: Psychopharmacology of addicting drugs » Squiggles, posted by laima on August 28, 2006, at 13:18:24
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> I just think we have different variables- have different histories of different substance use, which have had different kinds of who knows what sorts of effects, many of us are currently on other various medication combinations, etc. There are so many variables...I do not question anyone's account of their klonopin or other drug withdrawals.
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> And consider- why on earth do we not respond to all the same medications in the same way anyway? If we did, all we'd need in existence is 1 antidepressent and 1 benzo- and we could all use the same. (?) But it's not that simple, and who knows why??
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> > If you what you say about Klonopin is true,
> > and i have no reason to doubt you, then how
> > would you explain the extreme withdrawals
> > that people report after taking the drug
> > for years; in comparison to the relatively
> > milder withdrawals of other benzos.
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> > Squiggles
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>Yes, I understand the difference in the
personal states of people taking drugs,
e.g. in the case of clonazepam, no everyone
is epileptic, and therefore can take a smaller
dose, leading to a different tolerance profile.I've been surfing the net for a monograph
on clonazepam, and even Roche does not indicate
how OFTEN the dose should be raised, in any
cases (children, adolescents, adults, seniors,
restless leg sufferers, anxiety-stricken ones,
epileptics, etc.).There's got to be something somewhere - have
not checked PubMed; did see an article by
Goodwin and colleagues, on the dampening of
gaba reaction in prolonged clonazepam treatment;
no sure what that means.I will keep looking for this answer.
Squiggles
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