Posted by numbster on October 25, 2004, at 1:57:34
Hi, my doctor is reluctant to continue to prescribe me xanax for my social anxiety, but I find that it is the only thing I have tried that helps. I believe my doctors fear is two-fold: first, the fear of abuse, and second, the belief that the drug is useless over the long term because tolerance is inevitable. I think I can try to convince her I won't abuse it, so my biggest problem is convincing her that while tolerance does develop, it levels off. I say that because I have been on xanax before in the past for long periods, and while I did develop tolerance, it seemed to level off.
Anyway, the point of this post is that I'm looking for some factual data or studies that I can show my doctor that will back up my claim on the tolerance issue (or if the studies show the opposite, I'd like to read those too). Does anyone know of any articles or studies that I could print out that pertain to this?
any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
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