Psychiatrist Weighs In On Clinic’s Decision To Halt Xanax Supply
I’m posting this because Roy fell asleep at the wheel and missed the Xanax article on the front page of yesterday’s New York Times. In “Abuse of Xanax Leads a Clinic to Halt Supply,” Abby Goodnough writes about a clinic where they’ve stopped prescribing Xanax because to many people are abusing it. Goodnough writes:
“It is such a drain on resources,” said Ms. Mink, whose employer, Seven Counties Services, serves some 30,000 patients in Louisville and the surrounding region. “You’re funneling a great deal of your energy into pacifying, educating, bumping heads with people over Xanax.”
Because of the clamor for the drug, and concern over the striking number of overdoses involving Xanax here and across the country, Seven Counties took an unusual step Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Shrink Rap*
