Discontinuation of the psychoactive drug, especially a benzodiazepine or antidepressant, is the normal course of treatment. And yet, these drugs hardly disappear from prescriptions. One of the reasons cited in many studies is the resignation of physicians who are doomed to failure in stopping treatment of chronic users. The most pessimistic would be the “old” practitioners and/or the most prescribers among them. “We also have to admit that we doctors know very well how to start new medications, but discontinuation strategies are not well documented and taught.”raise Pr: Christophe Lanson, head of the adult mental health service at Marseille University Hospital.
Consequence: withdrawal attempts, with or without medical supervision, are challenging for patients and sometimes a source of great distress when withdrawal syndrome occurs. Burnt out, many of them then take their meds again.
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Source: Le Figaro
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