Diazepam Addiction

What are the drugs diazepam breaks down into? What is the dosage the doctors fear will be addicting?

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Hi Sarah,

From what I could gather, the main active metabolite of diazepam is known as "Desmethyldiazepam" (which is also commonly referred to as Nordazepam or Nordiazepam). The other remaining active metabolites are "Temazepam" and "Oxazepam".

Ref: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18618924

As far as "what dosage a doctor might be fearing for addiction", that is something that could vary from doctor to doctor based on their own individual discretion towards these types of drugs. However, some patient reviews I've come across suggest that just the act of taking diazepam daily can bring about its addictive habits, whereas increasing the duration of time in-between doses may be the best form of recourse against addictive behavior. These are all opinions though and it would probably be a good idea to discuss this with your doctor directly, since he/she may share a different viewpoint on addiction & dependence in general.

Hope this helps!

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