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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 11:30 pm
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Originally Posted by itsme
I know a little about the pharmacology of the benzodiazepines (e.g., Valium), which have been around for almost 50 years and have various uses in medicine..
I don't think there is any concern that they "impede breathing, circulation, increase the muscle tone"..
Thaks for the input.
I wasn't concerned - I just notice that my preferred "Halcion" slows breathing
quite significantly. Not really an evil thing if you want to sleep.
So I found detailed descriptions of benzodiazepines but not of the other drugs.
Originally Posted by qasr
This might be something best asked of a medical professional, rather than us FlyerTalker professional.
And here goes my prejudice that you know everything remotely related
to flying .
I have two MD friends. And both have no idea - so I decided to get some
basic hearsay on FT!
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