Posted by SLS on May 9, 2005, at 7:43:35
In reply to Re: Maxime and SLS » SLS, posted by Chairman_MAO on May 8, 2005, at 11:29:30
> He was the one also who told me that tapering using a benzo was always preferred to tapering with phenobarbital, simply because it's always best to use a drug in the same class as the drug the patient is on for the taper unless it's not practical, e.g. with alcohol, where tapering is impossible.
This is also my impression based on personal experience and witnessing what goes on here. Did your doctor have a preference as to which BZD to cross-over to should it be desirable to do so? Which BZDs are those that are most likely to require a cross-over?
- Scott
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