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Posted by gilbert on November 7, 2001, at 22:38:42
I am just curious do any of you out there know if the benzos are known to raise cholesterol levels or deplete nitrous oxide. I seem to have run across this data while scanning differernt sites and cannot substantiate it in any of the med data bases. I thought the ssris were known for NO depletion and prolactin levels going up I. E. sexual dysfunction. If xanax does the same thing, depletes NO or raises prolactin why not the same amount of sexual dysfunction. The cholesterol thing is my own my numbers jumped 20 points in the last year the only change for me has been stable doses of 2mg xanax per day....at this rate Ill be on zocor by next year.....
or maybe I am so relaxed I just dn't care what I eat...LOLGil
Posted by Thrud on November 7, 2001, at 23:53:54
In reply to benzodiazepines pharmalogical side effects, posted by gilbert on November 7, 2001, at 22:38:42
> I am just curious do any of you out there know if the benzos are known to raise cholesterol levels or deplete nitrous oxide. I seem to have run across this data while scanning differernt sites and cannot substantiate it in any of the med data bases. I thought the ssris were known for NO depletion and prolactin levels going up I. E. sexual dysfunction. If xanax does the same thing, depletes NO or raises prolactin why not the same amount of sexual dysfunction
I DO get sexual dysfunction from Xanax! Was the NO/prolactin effect universal amongst benzos or just with Xanax? If it just with Xanax I'm going to rush off to get a prescription for Klonopin or Ativan....
With regards to cholesterol, I have read about the correlation of high cholesterol with depression, but nothing about the benzo connection. Sorry.
Thrud
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