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Discussion => Drug safety => Topic started by: Leech on January 05, 2012, 04:21 am

Title: Half life of Phenazepam & Diazepam
Post by: Leech on January 05, 2012, 04:21 am
We are told that the half life of Phenazepam is very long, about 60  hours. And special precaution should be taken on re-dosing and caution of overdosing.

I checked the Wiki, it states:

Drug Name    Brand   Time to Peak(hrs)    Elimination Half-Life (h)†   Therapeutic use  Dose‡

Phenazepam    Phenazepam    1.5-4    60 hours    anxiolytic, anticonvulsant    1 mg

Diazepam    Valium    1-1.5    20–100 hours [36-200] anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant    10 mg

Very similar to Diazepam, but the half life of Diazepam is longer, but its mean half life is similar to Phenazepam. So, for someone who is used to Diazepam, what precautions should he abide in when taking Phenazepam?