Posted by Larry Hoover on February 21, 2006, at 13:06:10 [reposted on February 25, 2006, at 13:52:05 | original URL]
In reply to TO LARRY HOOVER - TRANXENE, posted by Jeroen on February 21, 2006, at 11:35:39
> hi, i hope you can answer my question i didnt found it on the board.
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> im twice on 15 mg of tranxene AM and PM
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> how do i withdraw safelly? im going to try it. it do help improve my TD symptoms.The metabolic pathway of tranxene is very similar to that of diazepam, so there would be little point to switching over to that drug, to do a taper. You might as well just do the taper with tranxene itself. If you want to go ahead, I'd see if you could manage dropping immediately to 10 mg/bid, and then dropping by 2 mg per week thereafter. Something like that.
Unfortunately, I do not think of myself as a benzo expert, so I hope other posters will offer their input. I also do not see how this withdrawal might prove beneficial with respect to the TD. Did you try increasing your dose of magnesium, or adding in some niacinamide?
Lar
poster:Larry Hoover
thread:613141
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