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Posted by maximilianomorino on July 15, 2007, at 10:40:38
1 time for day before sleep, A doctor here in japan prescript me those medicines for my depression, actually helps me to sleep, but felt no difference about depression. Im About one month doing this treatment.
Posted by Phillipa on July 15, 2007, at 11:35:38
In reply to Depas 0.5mg Hallcion0.25mg, posted by maximilianomorino on July 15, 2007, at 10:40:38
I do know Halcion it is a med for sleep not depression to my knowledge. I googled Depas no med desiel engine info???? What is Depas. thanks. Love Phillipa
Posted by sukarno on July 15, 2007, at 18:29:29
In reply to Depas 0.5mg Hallcion0.25mg, posted by maximilianomorino on July 15, 2007, at 10:40:38
Here's some information about etizolam (Depas). It is a benzodiazepine used in Japan, but apparently according to this drug information sheet it might help depression related to anxiety.
http://www.rad-ar.or.jp/siori/cgi-bin/m_search_e/detail_under.cgi?n=209
Probably your doctor thought your depression was caused or worsened by insomnia.
I hope you get better soon. Please keep us updated. :-)
Paul
Posted by maximilianomorino on July 15, 2007, at 19:30:33
In reply to Re: Depas 0.5mg Hallcion0.25mg, posted by sukarno on July 15, 2007, at 18:29:29
Posted by maximilianomorino on July 15, 2007, at 23:36:48
In reply to Re: Depas 0.5mg Hallcion0.25mg » maximilianomorino, posted by Phillipa on July 15, 2007, at 11:35:38
okay, depas NetizolanN got it some information on the posts Ive just received.. is an anxiolitic. As he prescribed me with halcion I guess Im treating insonnia to cure the depression, maybe the depression is caused by the insonnia..
Posted by Diane Hammond on July 16, 2007, at 16:09:49
In reply to Depas 0.5mg Hallcion0.25mg, posted by maximilianomorino on July 15, 2007, at 10:40:38
Hallcion is a scary med. In 1993 when I husband was taking it, there were many other people in our area taking it for sleep and depression. The (bad) joke going around is that it will kill you (suicide) and your neighbor too. Several people went off the deep end and randomly started killing people when they were on Hallcion.
Good luck with it.
Posted by sukarno on July 16, 2007, at 17:20:49
In reply to Re: Depas 0.5mg Hallcion0.25mg, posted by Diane Hammond on July 16, 2007, at 16:09:49
Triazolam (Halcion) is more likely to cause anterograde amnesia than other benzodiazepines and I have heard about the horror stories associated with it, but those are very rare and isolated cases. The FDA would have removed it from the market if it was a hazard to human health. Halcion has never been proven to cause violence.
That said, it should be prescribed with caution and information about these rare side effects explained well to the patient.The manufacturer designed a new dosage formulation shortly after the high profile cases hit the news, so now there is a 0.125mg tablet in addition to the 0.25mg and 0.5mg tablets.
For most people it is a very safe medication.
Posted by maximilianomorino on July 16, 2007, at 22:58:29
In reply to Re: Depas 0.5mg Hallcion0.25mg, posted by sukarno on July 16, 2007, at 17:20:49
Yeah, I really felt weird, writing wrong, bad humor, quietly, it really helps me to sleep, but let me very weird, some times fell my heart to fast and seens like Ill die. Should I tell that to the doctor? or all that is something of my mind?
Posted by Sigismund on July 19, 2007, at 15:15:41
In reply to Re: Depas 0.5mg Hallcion0.25mg, posted by maximilianomorino on July 16, 2007, at 22:58:29
William Styron ("Darkness Visible") seems to have had a bad reaction to Halcion.
It's a very short acting drug, is it not?
Perhaps that is part of the problem?>but let me very weird, some times fell my heart to fast and seems like Ill die. Should I tell that to the doctor?
That sounds very serious to me, and of course you should tell your doctor.
I'm guessing you feel this the next day?
Halcion is probably OK, so long as the dose is quite small.
At least that's how it was with me.
Posted by maximilianomorino on July 19, 2007, at 20:05:59
In reply to Re: Depas 0.5mg Hallcion0.25mg » maximilianomorino, posted by Sigismund on July 19, 2007, at 15:15:41
yes that feel is on the next day, and thats true, dark visible is one of the efects also, Ive tried to stop taking those medicines but is incredible the insomnia, Ive been 3 days with no 1 minute of sleep, Ill go to the doctor again this week and ask him to change those medicines, Im getting more anccious than before take that.
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