Re: Ambien Addiction - Help

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:04:28 -0600, Thad the man (me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
)
wrote:

>On 27 Dec 2004 12:32:02 -0800, tforms1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

>>He will probably just say "Well, she cant do that, she should take 1 a
>>day" and thats all he will say/do.

>Is that what you think her doctor will probably say, or that is what
>he said?

IMHO, somebody hasn't talked to the doctor. 

Occam's Razor applies. <wink>

>I will tell you this no competent doctor who hears the two phrases
>"taking too many" and "sleeping pill" who doesn't take it very
>seriously.

Doctors know they throw open the door to retrospective attention to
their prescribing practices (read: lawsuits, State Board actions, DEA
actions, etc.) if they were aware of it and didn't take some sort of
action. 

A number of years ago, I was prescribed Xanax and in retrospect I
needed it at the time... but I didn't want to take it because of my
concerns of addiction. My doctor gave me an explanation of both the
physiology of addiction (you'll first become tolerant, and that's an
indication that you need to come see me... NOT increase the dose on
your own!) and his responsibilities under State and Federal law (to
prescribe what is appropriate, which generally doesn't include dosages
in excess of labeling -- although a lot of drugs can be monitored by
TDM to find an effective level in patients that don't metabolize it
well).