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Anyone taking Flurazepam again since it recently became available?

Posted by cindisue @cindisue, Jan 19 11:42am

Hello, just wondering if anyone has started taking sleep med Flurazepam since it recently was made available agsin?? I took it occasionally back in 2014 thru 2021....and then it became unavailable. Manufacturer Mylan stopped making it. So just wondering how this medication is working now since it's being produced by a new manufacturer. Chartwell I believe. I wonder if it works just as good....because Flurazepam was always a sleep med I could always count on to work!

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kawanhee | @kawanhee | Jan 20 10:48am

I just read up on it as I had never heard of it. It’s a benzodiazepine and current doctors aren’t keen on using these long term due to long term tolerance and dependence.

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cindisue | @cindisue | Jan 20 11:28am

kawanhee... any sleep/anxiety med is addictive if taken everyday... and benzos work the BEST! I never took Flurazepam everyday and I took it for over 10 years without getting addicted or dependent on it.....because I only took it 2-3 times per week.

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kawanhee | @kawanhee | Jan 21 9:40am
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kawanhee... any sleep/anxiety med is addictive if taken everyday... and benzos work the BEST! I never took Flurazepam everyday and I took it for over 10 years without getting addicted or dependent on it.....because I only took it 2-3 times per week.

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Cindisue…I believe the term “addictive” can be interpreted in different ways. I am using it as in physically addictive, where it affects your brain chemistry, your body craves it, you become tolerant and need more to get the desired effect.
In saying that, it’s great that you’re only using 2-3 times a week and it’s working for you. I did not like how it was affecting me and no longer working. I am thrilled to no longer be on a benzo.
We are all different and need to do what works for each of us. I’m happy to be sleeping again and feeling great. Continued health and success for you too!

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cindisue | @cindisue | Jan 21 7:03pm
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Cindisue…I believe the term “addictive” can be interpreted in different ways. I am using it as in physically addictive, where it affects your brain chemistry, your body craves it, you become tolerant and need more to get the desired effect.
In saying that, it’s great that you’re only using 2-3 times a week and it’s working for you. I did not like how it was affecting me and no longer working. I am thrilled to no longer be on a benzo.
We are all different and need to do what works for each of us. I’m happy to be sleeping again and feeling great. Continued health and success for you too!

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kawanhee... I am on Lorazepam now and take it nightly. But have only been on it 5 months and only take 1mg-1.5mg per night...spread out. I am kind of fearful of being physically addicted, but it works so great for me for both sleep and anxiety, that right now, I just want to feel normal and good and that is what this med does for me. I hardly ever have to take it in the daytime for anxiety like I did with the diazepam I used to take. Sorry if I've asked you this before...but how many milligrams were you taking of Lorazepam? The Mirtazapine gave me such bad achey legs it was intolerable and I had to quit it.

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