A friend has been prescribed this drug to help them quit. Whilst it is a recognised treatment they find the side effects to be a problem. I have advised the go back to their doctor, or find another who might have more experience in different treatments. Has anyone here have any experience or advice?
Bogsnorkler said:
A friend has been prescribed this drug to help them quit. Whilst it is a recognised treatment they find the side effects to be a problem. I have advised the go back to their doctor, or find another who might have more experience in different treatments. Has anyone here have any experience or advice?
My doctor keeps saying; “not beer, water”.
Diazepam is commonly prescribed to smooth out alcomohol withdrawal. I had a good mate who was using it.
Of course it’s only an aid and you’ve really got to work hard at it, and diazepam has its own addictive downside.
Ian said:
Diazepam is commonly prescribed to smooth out alcomohol withdrawal. I had a good mate who was using it.Of course it’s only an aid and you’ve really got to work hard at it, and diazepam has its own addictive downside.
Covering one drug with another is perhaps just adding to the risk. A good doctor should be monitoring his bloods.
roughbarked said:
Ian said:
Diazepam is commonly prescribed to smooth out alcomohol withdrawal. I had a good mate who was using it.Of course it’s only an aid and you’ve really got to work hard at it, and diazepam has its own addictive downside.
Covering one drug with another is perhaps just adding to the risk. A good doctor should be monitoring his bloods.
Plus you don’t want to take them both at the same time
Ian said:
Diazepam is commonly prescribed to smooth out alcomohol withdrawal. I had a good mate who was using it.
Of course it’s only an aid and you’ve really got to work hard at it, and diazepam has its own addictive downside.
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SCIENCE said:
Ian said:
Diazepam is commonly prescribed to smooth out alcomohol withdrawal. I had a good mate who was using it.
Of course it’s only an aid and you’ve really got to work hard at it, and diazepam has its own addictive downside.
^
Diazepam is less dangerous than alchomohol addiction.
Keep in mind that there are two completely different types of alcohol addiction. One is heavy social drinking, which we’re fairly familiar with. The other is sprees which last for days and where a single sniff of alcohol is enough to send one over the edge into a boozing frenzy than can take you anywhere. One alcoholic I listened to went on a spree in Sydney and woke up in Japan.
It could easily be that diazepam is a help with one type and not the other.
From PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28101764/
“Benzodiazepines ameliorate or prevent the symptoms and complications of moderate to severe alcohol withdrawal, which can include autonomic hyperactivity, agitation, combativeness, hallucinations, seizures, delirium, and death. The benzodiazepines most commonly used for this purpose are lorazepam, chlordiazepoxide, oxazepam, and diazepam. It is widely asserted that no member of this group is superior to the others for treatment of alcohol withdrawal. However, of these, diazepam has the shortest time to peak effect, which facilitates both rapid control of symptoms and accurate titration to avoid over-sedation. Furthermore, diazepam and its active metabolite, desmethyldiazepam, have the longest elimination half-lives, so their levels decrease in a gradual, self-tapering manner, resulting in a smoother withdrawal.”