Dose - Lorazepam and alcohol.

[hmmhmm]

Swim tried 2 mg of Lorazepam by itself and It didnt do much for him. Tonight Swim wants to try it with alcohol. Swim wants just a good night of partying where he is "free" but SWIM is not a big drinker at all. Swim wants to know 2 mg + 1 beer would be good enough?

[Pino]

Although it isn't the safest thing combining alcohol and lorazepam, swim mixed 2mg with 2 beers many times. Swim thinks one beer wouldn't hurt.

Swim finds a good thing to potentiate lorazepam is keep them in the mouth until they melted away. The effect kicks in faster that way.

[Politicalchalk]

A single, clinical dose of lorazepam (2mg, for ex) only occupies about 3 percent of your total benzo receptor capacity. This may be why it's so difficult to OD on benzos alone. Also, lorazepam has less action of respiration areas relative to other benzos. Just be careful, as the more of each in your body, the more inhibitions are lowered, and thus, the more you think you can handle.

Also, Swim is tired of hearing this poppycock about sublingual (under the tounge) administration of lorazepam. It's true, there are dosage forms of lorazepam available for sublingual administration -- but the average script one gets is intended for ORAL administration. Presumably, melting it under the tounge simply leads to a swallowing of chalky-tasting mess in your mouth, and a placebo-induced onset of action. Unless the tablet is designed specifically to be absorbed in the blood vessel under one's tounge....

Sorry, but until swim sees real data on the issue, he just does not believe sublingual admin. is gonna happen with a regular tablet. This is akin to someone snorting drug A, but whose effects are apparent only after the "drip."

In the interests of transparency, Swim has been stabilized on 6mg lorazepam/day for months.

Reputation Comments on this post:

	Thanks for the contribution, didn't realize the placebo effect.
	good info

[Pino]

Swim wasn't sure it really worked. It probably is placebo, because he looked up and lorazepam isn't soluble in water. He thought it would work, because it works great with zolpidem.

It is a bit pity the placebo effects is ruined though

[bol]

SWIM has tried lorazepam and alcohol three times.

First time: 2mg and five beers. No blackouts. Very nice evening.
2nd time: 1mg, MJ and 7-8 beers. No blackouts. Even better evening.
3rd time: 1mg, 4 beers. No blackouts. I was tired, but it was ok.

[Jatelka]

As stated, many times before, mixing drugs with additive depressant actions cannot be recommended.

There is a real risk of oversedation, amnesia (and inadvertant necking of more benzos than intended) and other, more troublesome adverse effects, such as reduced consciousness level (inability to protect own airway and risk of choking on one's own vomit), as well as respiratory depression.

Benzodiazepines alone are remarkably safe in overdose: Mix with alcohol and you are asking for trouble

[bol]

But if SWIY is going to take benzos and alcohol together. ( not recommended ). First take the benzos, then wait over an hour and then start drinking alcohol. And SWIY must know SWIYs limits and SWIY shouldn't be too greedy when mixing these two psychoactive substances.