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is that a question? Benzos are not safe despite what many doctor believe. I'm in EU.

by SemanticStrengh 4y ago

whimsicalism 4y ago
they're saying they wouldn't be so easily prescribed in the US
- RGamma 4y ago
  Actually the opposite. Pharma making people addicted: Opioid epidemic and all.
  - whimsicalism 4y ago
    it has gone very much the other way in recent years, it is not easy to be prescribed opioids in the US nowadays.
    - RGamma 4y ago
      Oh I wasn't updated on that development. Good to hear!
    - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
      source/numbers of the number of prescriptions per year? https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html
      - whimsicalism 4y ago
        https://www.iqvia.com/-/media/iqvia/pdfs/institute-reports/prescription-opioid-trends-in-the-united-states/iqi-prescription-opioid-trends-in-the-us-1220-exhibit-1.svg?iar=0&mw=900&hash=FEC7E37FD591600FF5F24E3748B638C7 https://www.iqvia.com/-/media/iqvia/pdfs/institute-reports/p... from https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/prescription-opioid-trends-in-the-united-states https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/p...
        SemanticStrengh 4y ago
        thanks, remarkably linear def doesn't look like a stock market
- SemanticStrengh 4y ago
  is that a joke? I'd be very surprised if doctors were'nt abusing benzo prescriptions for GAD
RGamma 4y ago
Weird this can happen in the EU to be honest. In Germany these things are really difficult to come by for these minor reasons (it's probably different for the critically ill but I wouldn't know). Briefly, doctors have to have special permissions to prescribe potentially addictive or mentally altering substances and it's only with a special, bureaucratic kind of prescription ("BtM-Rezept"). That's why I always wonder how this can happen so casually. If I'd ask my GP for benzos for sleep problems I'd most certainly not get them even if he'd be allowed to prescribe them and reckless prescription in this case could lose him his license.
oboes 4y ago
In my opinion doctors underestimate the danger of benzos. They also often don't know that there is a black market for benzos (like there is for any other drug). Patients will be able to find benzos if they look for them even if they don't have a prescription. I had a friend who wanted to stop smoking cannabis and got alprazolam prescribed for that by his doctor (it was in EU). In my opinion it would be better to stick to cannabis than switch to Xanax. I myself tried talking with my family doctor about my benzo addiction. I was addicted to etizolam, a RC benzo popular at the time. He seemed not to believe me that it was possible to get benzos without a prescription, and told me that I was wrong and couldn't have a benzo addiction.
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is that a question? Benzos are not safe despite what many doctor believe. I'm in EU.

whimsicalism 4y ago

they're saying they wouldn't be so easily prescribed in the US

RGamma 4y ago
Actually the opposite. Pharma making people addicted: Opioid epidemic and all.
- whimsicalism 4y ago
  it has gone very much the other way in recent years, it is not easy to be prescribed opioids in the US nowadays.
  - RGamma 4y ago
    Oh I wasn't updated on that development. Good to hear!
  - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
    source/numbers of the number of prescriptions per year? https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html
    - whimsicalism 4y ago
      https://www.iqvia.com/-/media/iqvia/pdfs/institute-reports/prescription-opioid-trends-in-the-united-states/iqi-prescription-opioid-trends-in-the-us-1220-exhibit-1.svg?iar=0&mw=900&hash=FEC7E37FD591600FF5F24E3748B638C7 https://www.iqvia.com/-/media/iqvia/pdfs/institute-reports/p... from https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/prescription-opioid-trends-in-the-united-states https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports/p...
      - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
        thanks, remarkably linear def doesn't look like a stock market
SemanticStrengh 4y ago
is that a joke? I'd be very surprised if doctors were'nt abusing benzo prescriptions for GAD

RGamma 4y ago

Weird this can happen in the EU to be honest. In Germany these things are really difficult to come by for these minor reasons (it's probably different for the critically ill but I wouldn't know). Briefly, doctors have to have special permissions to prescribe potentially addictive or mentally altering substances and it's only with a special, bureaucratic kind of prescription ("BtM-Rezept"). That's why I always wonder how this can happen so casually. If I'd ask my GP for benzos for sleep problems I'd most certainly not get them even if he'd be allowed to prescribe them and reckless prescription in this case could lose him his license.

oboes 4y ago

In my opinion doctors underestimate the danger of benzos. They also often don't know that there is a black market for benzos (like there is for any other drug). Patients will be able to find benzos if they look for them even if they don't have a prescription. I had a friend who wanted to stop smoking cannabis and got alprazolam prescribed for that by his doctor (it was in EU). In my opinion it would be better to stick to cannabis than switch to Xanax. I myself tried talking with my family doctor about my benzo addiction. I was addicted to etizolam, a RC benzo popular at the time. He seemed not to believe me that it was possible to get benzos without a prescription, and told me that I was wrong and couldn't have a benzo addiction.

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