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Old Aug 02, 2015, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by chickenfoot View Post
Where they a lot more lenient back then? I think most doctors nowadays are very strict with giving out prescriptions for benzo's. Though I still see some people on them every day for months on end. It's really dangerous. My pdoc said you either take something to control your symptoms (like an AP) or you don't take anything at all. They're against PRN's unless you're in a hospital inpatient setting.
Yes, they were a lot more lenient before the benzos started getting classified Controlled substances. Even for a long time after that doctors were used to writing scrips for them and they weren't hard to get. Now it's gotten/getting very different.
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