Posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 20, 2013, at 23:24:39
In reply to Re: Hey everybody, how're you all doing? » jono_in_adelaide, posted by Phillipa on October 20, 2013, at 23:09:07
Its a really nice feeling Phillipa, I think I'd been sick for so long, I'd forgoten what normal was.
Next bridge to cross, due to an epidemic of abuse by heroin addicts, the government has decided that as of January 1st alprazolam will become a Schedule 8 drug (more or less the same as a CII drug in the US, same schedule as morphine etc) which places certain restrictions on prescribing it long term (if you take it for more than 4 weeks you need a second opinion from a specialist, and this has to be repeated every 6 months)
I dont want to go through all that, so am going to change to a different benzo... after a fair bit of research, I think lorazepam is probably the best substitute..... it has similar potency and pharmokinetics, and because it isnt covered by the government health scheme, its expensive, so it isnt likely to follow Xanax as the heroin junkies benzo of choice (I have private medical which WILL cover it though)
Hope you're doing well phillipa
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