Posted by jono_in_adelaide on August 11, 2011, at 1:16:35
In reply to Re: prescribing AD's » jono_in_adelaide, posted by Phillipa on August 10, 2011, at 19:35:54
Oh, Phillipa, of course there were people who genuinaly needed benzos back then, just as there people who genuianly need them now, but in the 70's a lot of GP's seemed to feel they were harmless happy pills, to be handed out to anybody who they didnt realy know what to do with....... sort of like the way they prescribed iron supplements in the old days, as a general tonic.
Benzos are valuable drugs and absolutly essential for some people (you and me inclided) but in the mid 70's the #1 drug in the world was Valium, and the # 3 drug was Librium..... about 1 person in 10 was taking a benzo on a near daily basis, so there is little doubt they were over prescribed.
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