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Re: Newly on(and ?s)about Zoloft and Klonopin » dkscully

Posted by Glydin on February 17, 2005, at 16:06:18

In reply to Re: Newly on(and ?s)about Zoloft and Klonopin, posted by dkscully on February 17, 2005, at 14:43:42


> It really is an addictive drug (yeah, they all are, but I've heard a lot of bad stories about this one)

With all due respect, this is not true for everyone. There is a filpside to the horror stories which include successful long term use without pitfalls. Those with successful use can have a medical dependence on Klonopin that differs from addiction. Addiction has four characteristics: Psychsocial disruption, inapproiate use, tolerence not leading to maintance dosing, and drug seeking behavior. Because a drug has a discontinuation syndrome or withdrawal symptoms does not, in and of itself, define it as an addiction.

There are inapprioate consumers and inapproiate prescribers, but benzo's can be a very safe and properly used choice in treatment. Klonopin has been around long time, there is alot known about it, which is more than can be said of some of the other meds.


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