Posted by Quintal on April 27, 2007, at 17:37:16
In reply to Re: How come it seems only 3-4 benzos are ever use, posted by James_glasgow on April 25, 2007, at 3:37:47
Hi James,
I've found that sometimes GPs get very prissy and refuse anything off license, particularly psychiatric drugs for which they have little training. My GP recently refused to prescribe Lyrica for anxiety (even though I've taken Neurontin) because she has no experience of using it for this purpose, she would have referred me to a psychiatrist to discuss it further but he discharged me, so the point is moot.
Having a mention in the BNF wasn't enough to persuade my last two psychiatrists to keep on prescribing clonazepam. They wanted me off benzos altogether and when persuasion failed they just cut off my prescriptions and placed a block on the surgery computer to stop me going to another locum GP to re-start my scripts. As I said before, doctors are like sheep and once one stops the scripts they all follow suit.
I sent letters to my first psychiatrist all the time, but the last one didn't want to hear of any ideas he didn't think of himself and I was asked to stop mailing him. I agree, most of these techniques work if you have a good relationship with your doctor, but if you don't then the chances of getting adequate treatment are slim unfortunately.
Q
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