Posted by Meri-Tuuli on November 24, 2006, at 8:03:00
In reply to Re: Best Meds for Panic?, posted by FredPotter on November 23, 2006, at 21:34:35
I dunno why really, but the UK is very very benzo-phobic. There's an influential Professor woman at a university there in the UK, who is hmmmmm, rather anti-benzo to put it mildly and has greatly influenced the prescribing patterns of UK GPs and pdocs. The site she runs has been posted here on babble in the past, but its slightly taboo because of the outcry it causes amongst babblers.
In America, its fairly easy if you're presenting clinical symptoms to get a benzo. In the UK its virtually impossible, even short-term, particulary if you're young and have never tried them. Long-term, well forgit it completely. For some reason, they are more relaxed with elderly women who have been on them for years. Sigh. Its sad. Even the WHO classifies diazepram as an 'essential core' drug of any healthcare system.
Ed_uk knows alot more about benzo use and the UK. I find it quite sad really and I want to say something uncivil about this woman who-can't-be mentioned-because-its-so-inflammitory but I can't obviously.
Meri
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