Posted by ed_uk on August 26, 2006, at 15:07:57
In reply to Re: why isn't Valium prescribed more??? » qbsbrown, posted by Wildflower on August 25, 2006, at 18:44:45
>Everyone knows what Valium is and they also know that it was once a popular recreational drug.
Diazepam is only available as a generic in the UK. Valium has been discontinued here.
Now that Klonopin is prescribed much more frequently than Valium in the US, Klonopin will inevitably be taken (recreationally) far more frequently than Valium is. Klonopin and Valium have similar 'recreational value'.
>It's an obvious trend that here in american we always jump after the new and so called "better" things, instead of not messing w/ what's not broken. Also perhaps the newer generations of younger doctors, whom might see it as outdated.
That's very true. It's even got to the point where American doctors prescribe new (and usually very expensive) drugs to treat conditions which they have not been proven to treat in preference to prescribing well established older treatments eg. prescribing Topamax as a first line treatment for bipolar disorder instead of lithium or valproate.
Ed
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