My friend took 3 and a half, 5mg tabs of valium yesterday at about 4PM, and now right now at 2:20PM he wants to take a 70mg vyvanse.. Will he die? I don’t wanna hear anti drugs bullshit just tell me if they interact bad..
have no idea…call a pharmacist
I’m still determined to do this myself…lock myself in apt and taper off these meds. that said, I know how hard it is, and never had a real seizure…what could happen if I do??? Klonopin itself is an anti-seizure drug, shouldn’t I be okay if I taper slow enough slow enough???
Does it have the same effect? Thank you for your time in advance
Nope! They are very different. Codeine is a pain killer and Valium is an anti-anxiety drug. I personally prefer pain killers to anti-anxiety drugs ANY day. Valium will make you feel really chill, unless it just makes you fall asleep. Pain killers make me chill, but I don’t want to fall asleep when I take them. Everyone’s body is different…..but no, they are not the same thing at all.
I gotta friend who is getting off pain killers and they just put him on methadone- he also takes anti-anxiety meds everyonce and awhile. He didn’t want to tell the clinic that b/c he was scared they would deny him the methadone procedure b/c of the recreational drug use during the treatment- so my q is- will it have a bad reaction if he takes both?
Valium is pretty common with methadone maintenance programs,, he will be fine as long as he isn’t taking more than 5-10mg. But they are going to do a random drug screen on him every month,,, so he needs to be aware of that,,, I don’t think they test for things like valium or xanex,,, they mainly want to make sure you have methadone in your system,,, and that you aren’t using cocaine, meth or heroin,,, They never use to test for,, or didn’t care about pot,,, but it’s been a few years since I was in a methadone program.
Tell him the faster he weens down off the methadone the better off he will be,,, the clinics are in business to make money,, they will keep him on the crap forever as long as someone pays for it,,,
I’ve known people on it for over 20 years,,, it’s just being a legal junkie is all it is,,, if he is smart he will get on the 14 day detox,,, unless he was really using high doses of pain meds for more than just a few months he won’t have very bad withdrawls on the 14 day program.
Methadone really is just as bad as heroin,,, actually worse,, it effects your liver even worse and it is far easier to OD on it,,, you can die on as little as 40mg.
Here is a site you should show you friend,,it’s on methadone clinics and it may save his life
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/factsht/methadone/index.html
I was on methadone for a few years for opiates/heroin addiction
what symptoms get someone prescribed the anti-anxiety meds xanax and valium?
Anxiety disorders of course. Anxiety covers a few disorders like bipolar and OCD. Also, these drugs are quite dangerous and easily create a serious addiction.
I have a new Psychiatrist in a little over a week.
I don’t do SSRI’s nor anti-psychotics. Just say no to Lexipro.
it depends what you need. if the valium is for an anxiety disorder, s/he will probably prescribe something for sleep that is non-addicting and change the valium to lexapro or another anti-anxiety.
if you have a severe mental or emotional disorder (and i don’t mean to be flippant or disrespectful), he may prescribe both.
it depends upon your condition and your ability to maintain a non-addictive control over the meds. that will be his/her greatest fear.
s/he is held by the oath of not allowing patients to be drugged, addicted, or co-dependent upon drugs unless it is life-preserving.
good luck.
As in, how does it move through the blood stream to the brain to work as an anti-anxiety agent?
“Sedative-hypnotics are Central Nervous System (CNS) depressants and are a category of drugs that slow normal brain function. There are numerous CNS depressants; most act on the brain by affecting the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Neurotransmitters are brain chemicals that facilitate communication between brain cells. GABA works by decreasing brain activity. Although the different classes of CNS depressants work in unique ways, ultimately it is through their ability to increase GABA activity that they produce a drowsy or calming effect that is beneficial to those suffering from anxiety or sleep disorders.
Activity of central nervous system slowed down. Small dose relieves tension; large dose produces staggering, blurred vision, impaired thinking, slurred speech, impaired perception of time and space, slowed reflexes and breathing, reduced sensitivity to pain. Overdoses cause unconsciousness, coma and death. Many of the deaths due to drugs (excluding alcohol) in Canada are caused by barbiturates and barbiturate-like drugs. Accidental overdoses occur when children swallow pills or when adults with increased tolerance are unsure of how many to take. ”
I just move to the States without health insurance with low income but need to get the
medication and I need to know
how much does basically first visit costs, in Burr Ridge,IL?
I am not quite sure how much it will cost in Illinois, I am at St.Paul, MN Be aware that even if you pay for your first visit, doctor might not prescribe valium to you, but will give you a prescription for SSRI or some other anti-anxiety medication. Actually, check with reputable online http://www.trustgeneric.com/prices.php?aff_id=73755&sub=1127 they sell Brand Valium as well as Generic Valium. I have ordered blood medication through them.