Facebook Support Group for Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin Withdrawal. (With Link)
Facebook Support Group for Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin Withdrawal. (with link) – NEW! If you’re struggling, there’s a Facebook support group. See link below. www.facebook.com The fact is that US physicians rarely tell their patients about “Benzodiazepine Withdrawal”, and the (very likely) long-term effects from just a few months of daily use. Firstly, NEVER stop taking any medication without your doctors advise, or without a second doctor’s opinion!!! If your doctor won’t work with you, find another if you can. The vast majority of doctors are not evil, but most have been terribly misled by pharmaceutical sales-people, who are actually trained to minimize the known side effects of drugs like benzos, so that the doctor feels as comfortable as possible, while too often casually prescribing these highly addictive medications to their trusting patient, who are simply following their doctor’s orders. Until the million-plus patients prescribed these medications discontinue them, no one will ever really know how tragic this problem really is. www.justice.gov If you think you have an anxiety disorder, do your research on any medication your doctor might recommend, and ask your doctor about withdrawal effects, and non-medication alternatives before doing so! (Read this – en.wikipedia.org ) I was prescribed Klonopin for 3 years, then Ativan for 4 years (high daily dosage), and am currently 13 months post a ridicules 6 day taper (after legal worries by my doctor, who said he was “not an expert at Benzodiazepine detox”), and still struggling with twice the …
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Methadone is synthetic opioid intended to relieve addicts of withdrawal symptoms without getting them high. It is classified as a Schedule II substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration, alongside other drugs like opium, morphine and codeine.
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