Posted by mattw84 on February 21, 2006, at 19:48:15 [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
Isn't Tranxene Clorazepate? I am just going to wing this one on my way out of the office here... If I recall both Valium and Tranxene are metabolized the same way, thus there wouldn't be much advantage from switching right away. The only benefit I can see is that you can probably get to a much smaller dose with valium than tranxene.
Also TD symptoms will not improve through withdrawal from benzos, you would definately want something adjunct during withdrawal. Could be as easy as Propanolol or Clonidine or you may need something stronger such as Lamictal. I have also heard promising reviews of Keppra regarding this.
Hopefully someone can come clean up after my messy post, best of luck!
Matt
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