Benzos I need advice on quitting Diazepam (and Phenibut)

[Lorne???]

No, a single dose of Valium leaves you hung over. Dzp has a ashore to intermediate duration.

Please, try taking nordazepam, and tell me it is smooth; smoother than Valium, though again w/ 10mg the metabolites are irrelevant; it takes 7.5-10mg to equal 5ng dzp; and 7.5mg oxazepam is ~3.75 dzp

If he were taking 40mg every day it would be different; come Scrofula, it is a medical fact; they tried giving me a dose of Valium, and then 3 or 4 doses of it's metabolite, and I seized, and think received a shot of Ativan(it is real hazy)

Lorazepam has a longer duration acutely, and it's anticonvulsant effects last longer
Dzp is biphasic; it first rapidly enters the blood and CNS, and is the widely redistributed during the elimination phase, where it is useless for practical purposes; Clonazepam has a longer(NUCH LONGER W/ acute dosing) and it is a smoother and more gradual(yet intense wd)

It depends how much he drinks; though at 10mg Valium twice a week, Adam hesitant unless he is a borderline alcoholic, and Valium feels so much like alcohol, would probably at least check into other options

 

[Lorne???]

http://prescription-drug.addictionblog.org/how-long-does-valium-last/

Not the most scientific reference, though it is correct

It's about lipophillicity, people, how fast it enter/exits the CNS, and how protein bound(98%), leaving basically none of an already mild medication available to reach it's pharmacological target; and vd, all these things must be taken into account
From fastest to longestof the common bzd's)

Pretty much it is IME dzp(wears off quickly, though has rapid onset and a at larger doses a quasi chronic dosing effect)- *temazepam- intermediate acting w/ fast-medium onset; Lorazepam /intermediate (delayed onset, low distribution) and clonazepam, just a highly potent and effective, long lasting benzodiazepine - Note that Tranxene(nordazepam effectively) is tricky; it holds better than dzp, though nothing like Clonazepam; most similar to medium duration benzodiazepines like Lorazepam, probably, although with QuID dosing it holds pretty well at the right dose, although it is mild and a partial agonist, so "right@ dise" is, well difficult