diazepam, nickles, dimes and placebo

[latinmaster]

I suffer anxiety/panic for many years now. I found that valium is effective compared to ativan, xanax, klonopin, etc.
My doctor gave me 5 valium pills of 5mg and told me to take half a pill per week. I once used valium in the pass and know how it feels and I know this is  not it.

Not only he nickle and dimed me with a quantity of 5 and only 5mg, but it feels like placebo to me. after pleading to be prescribed valium I get this sugar pill and i think its really messed up.

[lynn57]

Valium is not usually dosed at 2.5 mg's per WEEK.

[Julie359]

For a start it is ilegal for a doctor to prescribe u a sugar pill, the doctor has to give u an actual registered medication.  The pharmacist wouldn't have sugar pills either.  Plus a doctor wouldn't prescribe no more than 5mg of diazepam to a person for anxiety anyway.  They come in strengths of 2mg, 5mg and 10mg.  They normally only prescribe 10mg to people in hospital for seizure condtions or other muscular condtions such as celebral palsy, to relax the muscles.

Diazepam is highly addictive and in the UK unless it is prescribed by a psychiatrist, a GP can not prescribe more than a weeks worth of tablets in a certain time frame, or they will get into trouble.  A psychiatrist however has the power to prescribe as needed.

[lilymoon]

I dont know your doctor but he might be very carefull because its so addictive.....if it was a sugarpill why only allow you on a week?Lily

[latinmaster]

the link keeps bringing me back. if i over posted my apologies you are welcome to delete the wrong one, thank you

[IBKleen]

Hi,

I think you would get more responses if you posted in the Anxiety Community. I provided the link for you:

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Anxiety/show/71

Best of luck.