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Suggest Remedy For Addiction To Valium

THANK YOU. MY DAUGHTER 43 Y/O IS I BELIEVE ADDICTED TO VALIUM AND ARE THERE MEDICINAL SUBSTITUTES FOR THIS DRUG. SHE IS UNDER MD'S CARE AND IS MAKING AN APPT WITH MD ASAP. SHE RAN OUT OF HER VALIUM AND REFILLED YESTERDAY AND DESCRIBED TO ME WHAT I AM CERTAIN OF WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS OF THE DREADED DRUG VALIUM... THANK YOU.
Mon, 23 Nov 2015
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VALIUM IS DIAZEPAM, A LONG-ACTING BENZODIAZEPINE. IF TAKEN FOR MORE THAN 8 WEEKS CONTINUOUSLY, IT CAN LEAD TO PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE. THE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS ARE TOTALLY TREATABLE, SO PL DO NOT WORRY. HERE ARE MY SUGGESTIONS-
1.BEST IS TO TAPER VALIUM GRADUALLY AND THEN STOP, TO AVOID WITHDRAWAL. U CAN REDUCE VALIUM BY 25% OF ORIGINAL DOSE FOR 1 WEEK. THEN REDUCE FURTHER BY ANOTHER 25% IN THE 2ND WEEK AND SO ON...THE WHOLE PROCESS OF TAPERING SHOULD TAKE 6-8 WEEKS

2.ANOTHER OPTION IS TO SUBSTITUTE VALIUM WITH ANOTHER LESS HARMFUL DRUG. A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR VALIUM IS TAB CLONAZEPAM. IT IS ALSO A LONG ACTING BENZODIAZEPINE BUT WITH VERY LESS CHANCES OF DEPENDENCE AND WITHDRAWAL. IF U WANT TO STOP VALIUM ABRUPTLY, U CAN SUBSTITUTE TAB CLONAZEPAM 1MG THRICE A DAY FOR 1 WEEK. THEN REDUCE IT TO TWICE A DAY FOR NEXT ONE WEEK AND SO ON. ADDICTION POTENTIAL WITH CLONAZEPAM IS LOW, SO IT IS MUCH SAFER THAN VALIUM. IT WILL ALSO PREVENT/ TAKE CARE OF WITHDRAWAL CAUSED BY SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF VALIUM

PL LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH DOSE OF VALIUM UR DAUGHTER IS USING AND SINCE HOW LONG.

DR SMRITHI
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Suggest Remedy For Addiction To Valium

VALIUM IS DIAZEPAM, A LONG-ACTING BENZODIAZEPINE. IF TAKEN FOR MORE THAN 8 WEEKS CONTINUOUSLY, IT CAN LEAD TO PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE. THE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS ARE TOTALLY TREATABLE, SO PL DO NOT WORRY. HERE ARE MY SUGGESTIONS- 1.BEST IS TO TAPER VALIUM GRADUALLY AND THEN STOP, TO AVOID WITHDRAWAL. U CAN REDUCE VALIUM BY 25% OF ORIGINAL DOSE FOR 1 WEEK. THEN REDUCE FURTHER BY ANOTHER 25% IN THE 2ND WEEK AND SO ON...THE WHOLE PROCESS OF TAPERING SHOULD TAKE 6-8 WEEKS 2.ANOTHER OPTION IS TO SUBSTITUTE VALIUM WITH ANOTHER LESS HARMFUL DRUG. A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR VALIUM IS TAB CLONAZEPAM. IT IS ALSO A LONG ACTING BENZODIAZEPINE BUT WITH VERY LESS CHANCES OF DEPENDENCE AND WITHDRAWAL. IF U WANT TO STOP VALIUM ABRUPTLY, U CAN SUBSTITUTE TAB CLONAZEPAM 1MG THRICE A DAY FOR 1 WEEK. THEN REDUCE IT TO TWICE A DAY FOR NEXT ONE WEEK AND SO ON. ADDICTION POTENTIAL WITH CLONAZEPAM IS LOW, SO IT IS MUCH SAFER THAN VALIUM. IT WILL ALSO PREVENT/ TAKE CARE OF WITHDRAWAL CAUSED BY SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF VALIUM PL LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH DOSE OF VALIUM UR DAUGHTER IS USING AND SINCE HOW LONG. DR SMRITHI