• Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Yes but not often. I actually have patients request it a LOT but I rarely see it prescribed. If the patient has been on it for a while, they’ll at the very least need to taper off of it to prevent seizures iirc, but honestly even then I see most doctors preferring benzos over ambien which is wild because benzos are nasty shit (if you need 'em you need 'em, but you do not want to need them)!

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      2 months ago

      Ambien works almost exactly like benzos, it’s no less nasty. Benzos at least tend to be more predictable than Ambien