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Re: Consult you physician before changing med dosage

Posted by aliza on February 18, 2002 at 16:51:40:

In Reply to: Consult you physician before changing med dosage posted by Sandman on February 18, 2002 at 12:35:09:

Sandman, in the best of all worlds we should consult the physician. Unfortunately, many of them are ill-informed, even those who are well-thought of by their colleagues. I am saving for posterity a prescription that I was given for ambien by a psychiatrist. It prescribes 10 mg ambien (so far alright) with one repeat after four hours (that makes 20 mg per night. The prescription is for 30 tablets, with 5 refills allowed (wish I knew how to type in bold letters). That's 180 10 mg. ambien pills.
The other MD, the one I use now, said that ambien is non-addictive and that one needn't taper. Worst case a couple of nights of rebound insomnia.

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