Posted by Chairman_MAO on May 12, 2005, at 13:51:21
In reply to Re: Maxime and SLS » Chairman_MAO, posted by SLS on May 9, 2005, at 7:43:35
I do not remember exactly what his benzo of choice was. Another shrink I had years ago from academia told me that on an outpatient basis (she said inpatient she gives lorazepam, or sometimes diazepam in severe cases of agitation), she sees no reason to prescribe anything but clonazepam unless the patient does not respond to it. She said that she had patients that would escalate their dose of diazepam, but could use clonazepam without a problem.
If you really want to know, I can ask for you. Personally, I would use either clonazepam or clorazepate for a taper. Diazepam is not practical, IMHO, because it has weird central kinetics, accumulation, and a bunch of active metabolites that counfound the situation.
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