Posted by SadDoggie on February 2, 2005, at 20:18:41
In reply to Re: Preventing tolerance to benzodiazepines » SadDoggie, posted by Fred23 on February 2, 2005, at 18:29:59
He's looking at his *ss for a reference. Actually it's 1mg twice a day that I take. I might be raising it a little, I have more pills now. I know it's a low dose. Believe it or not he wanted to give me just 0.5mg once a day at first!
SadDoggie
> > My psychiatrist didn't even want to go beyond the minimal dose with Ativan because he's a scared a**hole. Doesn't want to prescribe anything anymore. I told him I felt better at 1mg but he didn't want to give it to me until finally he said ok.
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> Wyeth's own prescribing info for Ativan says that 2 - 3 mg per day is the initial dose, and gives a high range from 6 - 10 mg per day, so what is he looking at as a reference?
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> (In other words, he may be giving you a sub-therapeutic dose.)
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