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Duration and severity of symptoms depends on a number of factors including the half life of the drug used, tolerance and the duration of abuse. Major symptoms will usually start within just a few days after discontinuation and persist for around a week for shorter lasting benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines with longer half-lives will exhibit discontinuation symptoms with a slow onset and extended duration. | Duration and severity of symptoms depends on a number of factors including the half life of the drug used, tolerance and the duration of abuse. Major symptoms will usually start within just a few days after discontinuation and persist for around a week for shorter lasting benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines with longer half-lives will exhibit discontinuation symptoms with a slow onset and extended duration. | ||
==Preparation== | |||
Many benzodiazepines are active at 1mg or less. In the interest of harm reduction, it is important to prepare [[Benzodiazepine solution|solutions]] from any pure powder material. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |