Posted by linkadge on July 3, 2007, at 9:10:08
In reply to Re: The Benzos, posted by marshall26 on July 3, 2007, at 3:21:23
>There’s no good predictor of who will become >physically dependent on a benzo just like >there’s no good predictor of who will become >physically dependent on an SSRI. The “addictive” >personality theory is a bunch of BS. Do the >people who have withdrawals from SSRIs “abuse” >their meds?
Well this is what I am saying. Yes people can become dependant on benzo's, but they can also become dependant on SSRI's.
Being dependant on a benzodiazapine is not benzodiazapine abuse. I would say that the percentage of benzodiazapine users who actually outright "abuse" the benzodiazapines is fairly small.
All I am saying is that doctors come in with this new wave of logic. Generalized anxiety disorder is not to be treated with benzodiazapines as they are addictive, so we will now prescribe SSRI's.
Now they are seeing the rehash of that. When a new drug comes out, they will abandon the SSRI's on the grounds that they are addictive.In fact, one cliical trial for agomelatine, (a 5-ht2c antagonist + melatonergic) claimed that unlike the comparitor drug (effexor) agomelatine produced no withdrawl in clinical trials.
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