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Benzo Withdrawal and Heather Ashton

Posted by cubbybear on July 31, 2003, at 1:39:09

Hi everyone,
I have two questions regarding the general issue of tapering off benzos:

1) We know that a number of pdocs are benzophobes and there are number of websites that attempt to frighten anxious people away from taking benzo drugs. I came across Professor Heather Ashton's website, benzo.org.uk and I was wondering if she and her organization would be considered anti-benzo or not. It seemed to me that her FAQ on benzo withdrawal was fairly objective but I was wondering what other people think about her ideas.

2) More importantly-I'm currently tapering off a high of 4 mg Klonopin and am down to 1.75 mg/day--going VERY slowly. Ashton's website states that "you must space your cuts at least three weeks apart toward the end of your taper." Naturally, I wondered what "the end of your taper" meant. I tried contacting them, but found no means of feedback (Maybe I'm just computer-ignorant). So my question is, What would be "the end" of my tapering from 4 mg? Would it be .25 mg., 50 mg., 1 mg., what?? Ideas anyone?


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