No, it seems to be true, and it's wrong.
Women younger than me hav Ben getting scripts they don't need for years(I know- they would either give(*) them to me, or binge.
And yet I know a certain man, who had to lose 30 pounds, and become semi-catatonic, and try other treatments first, before finally the docs threw in the towel and said "he needs benzo's, likely for life".
Even when men get them, it tend to be lower doses for more severe conditions.
I thought this would be sexist at first, but there is a pattern.
On a whole, maybe it can be explained(or at least partially) by women being more likely to have anxiety disorders(of certain types only- things like PD and others effect both sexes about equally$
But anecdotally, a female seems to have no problem getting them.
Perfect example: I know a certain female, 40, but youthful and looks good, has had over 150mg of clonazepam written over the last few months by doctors, along with a couple of different diazepam and Xanax scripts.
Has any man ever pulled that off???
Women younger than me hav Ben getting scripts they don't need for years(I know- they would either give(*) them to me, or binge.
And yet I know a certain man, who had to lose 30 pounds, and become semi-catatonic, and try other treatments first, before finally the docs threw in the towel and said "he needs benzo's, likely for life".
Even when men get them, it tend to be lower doses for more severe conditions.
I thought this would be sexist at first, but there is a pattern.
On a whole, maybe it can be explained(or at least partially) by women being more likely to have anxiety disorders(of certain types only- things like PD and others effect both sexes about equally$
But anecdotally, a female seems to have no problem getting them.
Perfect example: I know a certain female, 40, but youthful and looks good, has had over 150mg of clonazepam written over the last few months by doctors, along with a couple of different diazepam and Xanax scripts.
Has any man ever pulled that off???