Author: tearj3rker
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:25 am
I think it’s a bit dangerous to recommend barbiturates to people to get off opioids & / or benzos. Isn’t that just asking for trouble?
Barbiturates are incredibly difficult to get off, perhaps moreso than benzos. Essentially you’ve rolled over two addictions into one, no?
Most people in this situation, I’ve seen doctors get people off the opioid, with or without opioid replacement therapy. Then they deal with the benzos, usually shifting people onto valium then doing a very slow reduction.
By moving people onto barbiturates, IMO it isn’t killing two birds with one stone. It’s more like the two birds get together and make a monster baby bird. If a drug can satisfy the withdrawal and cravings of two drugs… that would have to be one helluva drug.
We are not fighting two or three monkeys at a time. We are fighting ONE monkey – addiction to drugs.
