Medicine: new prescription drug benefit won't cover benzodiazepines
Since the government, not your doctor, decides what treatment (or complete lack thereof) is right for you.
For the non-medical folk, or ppl who just take Valium on the weekends with their Jack and Coke, here's the wikipedia summary of the drugs.
2 comments:
Working on psych right now (in fact, writing this from the psych ER while on call), I have to say that Xanax, Valium, and Ativan are evil EVIL drugs that should not be prescribed in most circumstances. However, clonazepam (a long-acting benzo) can be pretty useful. While I'm very worried about what the changes will do to patients currently on short-acting benzos, if it prevents PCPs from prescribing Ativan and Xanax when it's not needed, the psychiatric community will breathe a sigh of relief.
I can agree that PCPs think they can manage psychoactive drugs and do so irresponsibly, but this exactly the proper way to manage that problem.
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