Connect
Comment receiving replies
kndaustin71, what are "scheduled" drugs? I mean, what does that mean? You say that lorazepam and xanax ( which is Alprazolam) are not long-acting. But you are taking Xanax (alprazolam), 2 1/2 to 3mg a day. I take 1.5 mg of lorazepam, but not all at once. At bedtime, I take magnesium glycinate and .75 of lorazepam. Then the first time I wake up to go to bathroom (usually around 2am or 3am) I take .5 more, and then the next time I wake up... around 5 or 6am, I take the final .25mg. Have you tried that? Or maybe you're sleeping good already....and not waking up in the early am. I just don't get why the government wants to shutdown benzos. I believe it's because they work very well, and therefore they have the most potential for abuse. Don't punish us people who use them responsibly!
Replies to "kndaustin71, what are "scheduled" drugs? I mean, what does that mean? You say that lorazepam and..."
Connect
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557426/
Hopefully this article will better explain what Scheduled Drugs are and how they are categorized. For instance, I am on Alprazolam (generic for Xanax) and by Federal Law must have a face to face visit with my physician and a drug screen every three months before he can renew my prescription. There are meticulous records kept by the pharmacy by law and a physicians name can be flagged if it is noted that he/she is writing too many prescriptions for the drugs, also the patient can be identified however that information is covered under HIPPA.
That's why the physicians do not want to be involved in writing scripts for Scheduled Drugs and many times at the expense of the patients well-being for those that will use the drug responsibly and not sell/share with other people. I would venture to say that abuse of benzodiazipines is far less than that of opioids particularly fentanyl. Typical example of the government cookie cutting the drug issues.