One thought I had was that perhaps all the different anti-anxiety drugs was to try to prevent a particular dependence or tolerance to just one, in hopes of weaning Anna gradually. But, they’re in the same class of drugs, so that didn’t make sense unless there are some differences in actions between those similar drugs. I don’t recall if there were different dosages of each drug, either. For instance, a higher dosage of Ativan and a lower dosage of Klonopin( or whichever the benzos were. I still don’t know if it makes any sense, and it sure wouldn’t be done in a rehab hospital setting that way.
The chloral hydrate was tried and true for so many years before the newer sleep aids came out. I can see where Ambien and the other newer ones wouldn’t work well for her for long, and it was stated that she did try them.
I have some knowledge of benzos and there is NO WAY that any ONE DOCTOR would prescribe more than one to one patient!! That is absolutely INSANE!..and a sure ticket to a medical malpractice suit. It’s one thing if a patient ‘doctor shops’ and gets multiple drugs, but I CANNOT see any reason why Dr. Eroshevich would prescribe THREE or more benzos for ONE patient, at THE SAME TIME!! Through my experience with that type of drug, most, if not all doctors, would be VERY LEERY of prescribing even 2 of them, much less 3 of them!! And the only reason I know of that a doctor would prescribe 2 of them, is if the patient insisted that one of the benzos was not working. In that case, the doctor would have to take ‘the word’ of the patient and feel confident that the patient would not abuse the drugs. In ANS’s case, Dr. E was not only prescribing ALL of these drugs, she also stated she was ADMINISTERING the drugs as well!!!
well, i would qualify that with, Eroshevich says, she tried them. I'm not buying Anna was taking all the drugs being ordered = that robaxin sticks out like a sore thumb - I'd really like to see the pharm records from say, 5/06-8/06 and compare them with the pharm records from say, 9/06-2/07. I'm betting the whole crew was stoned.