Ada v Ativan - The Cook Report (1988) ITV

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The full length Cook report from 1988, about the misprescribing and addiction of Ativan.

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@swoletroll174 8 жыл бұрын

Wow that lady's withdrawls reminded me of me .... Benzo withdrawl never ends :(..... No body warned us :(

@fearless4371 8 жыл бұрын

Me to and I was only on it for 19 days

@Angela-us2kv 4 жыл бұрын

Taking ATIVAN just 3 times a week for three months put me in inhumane torture beyond any words that can describe. And it has been two years and still not healed but getting there. STAY AWAY

@retroonyoutube5402 4 жыл бұрын

Angela Edge just three times a week and it out you into withdrawals?

@Angela-us2kv 4 жыл бұрын

Retro KZfaqr yes it did. And it was very severe. I got akathisia and was hospitalized. Could not take care of my kids for a year and suffered immensely for two years. But I also mistakenly used a lot of herbs and supplements that made things worse

@sstyblo 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this is, you're doing a great service. Please keep it up.

@sandraminshull4186 8 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome.

@fearless4371 8 жыл бұрын

I was on Ativan ( lorazepam) for only 19 days. I c/ t turkey in December 8,2015 I haven't been the same since. It had been a Nightmare from hell I didn't know what I was taking I didn't a short term use could cause so much pain and suffering to my entire body mind and soul. All I know is that I wasn't like this before. It's been 8 months now I have a lot of depression DR DP no motivation etc. In December I thought I was going to die and I wish for everyday since. I couldn't walk couldn't talk couldn't eat couldn't sleep was shaking so bad I couldn't sit still. It's been the worse thing that has happened to me in my life. People say you heal from this and I have to believe we do.

@jbgodsgirl5381 4 жыл бұрын

Malo M how are you now?

@andrewmckenna00 3 жыл бұрын

hope you dont take paracetamol for 4 days

@meb8743 5 жыл бұрын

I am still recovering. This is extremely triggering watching this. I went through 6 months of HELL withdrawal. Let me tell you- I thought I was going to die many times, I prayed to die many times and I had considered suicide many times. I am several weeks off and for ME and a small percentage of others- ALL symptoms got even worse upon complete cessation. This drug is a NIGHTMARE and drs need to stop prescribing it. They had me on 2 benzos for decades.

@kaiyim9167 8 жыл бұрын

"Cant live with it but desperate to get off of it!" That says it all. God almighty have mercy. May your loving hands guide those suffering to a path of healing. In Christ's Holy name. Amen

@MattSingh1 3 жыл бұрын

*PRAYER DOESN'T WORK*

@Househead1200 Жыл бұрын

He can't help them.

@beardlessodin945 9 ай бұрын

He’ll get right on it, just as soon as he’s done playing toy soldiers in Gaza and Ukraine, infecting babies with AIDS, causing drought, famine and floods and sending hurricanes and typhoons and tsunamis and earthquakes to various locations all around the world. Don’t question it. His ways are higher than ours, of course. And never mind that you can’t see or hear him... he’s totally real, trust me. You just gotta have faith.

@mikenarloch1006 8 жыл бұрын

This is me after 6 months of prescribed use and a cold turkey. I'm 10 months out and it's a living nightmare. Visit W-BAD to learn more.

@bird1lives 6 жыл бұрын

Very brave woman.

@Gildedbutterfly1976 4 жыл бұрын

Omg why didn’t you taper?? These drugs should never be stopped abruptly. The GABA needs to go back to normal and it takes time. Sorry you are dealing with this.

@contactkeithstack 3 жыл бұрын

How are you now?

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

cold turkey is the worst. 5-10% slow tapering plan - Ashton Manual should be put in all doctors' surgeries.

@lueylu1 8 жыл бұрын

My God you see her doing a dry taper after 11 years on it :( That's a really rough ride. And think about that they put her on Valium and will cut her loose from that in 10 days. terrible.

@bennylaines1170 8 жыл бұрын

it's criminal,I'm at the mercy of drs that get u hooked then fuck your life around,n I'm a single dad,ID like to harm him but it's only the worry of my son that I don't wait outside,but I'm a Taurean n hell never walk away from what he's done,time n pressure,I got my son holding me back 2yr from today,watch the news,if he don't start doing wat I say,getting u h9oked then leave you in tatters,its medievil torture

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

the detox centres have no idea and treat people dependent on this drug like heroin addicts, 10 day detox..The amount of valium she was now taking would mean at least 2 years slow tapering..this poor woman was probably whipped of within a few weeks...It's now 2023 so I assume she has passed.

@addapryce510 6 жыл бұрын

The legal action failed because the anxiety syndromes that people experienced before taking the drug were found to be similar or identical once gradual discontinuation had been completed. The senior lawyer in the case, Michael Napier, later gained a degree notoriety and stepped down as president of the Law Society after bringing the practice into disrepute

@futureofmoney3527 7 ай бұрын

And we’ve learnt that benzodiazepines massively alter the activity of GABA neurotransmitters so that the autonomic system stops exciting them (to induce relaxation). When someone goes cold turkey or tapers in some way, they’ll have way less GABA excitement leading to way more anxiety, like we witnessed in this video.

@sparkynight73 8 жыл бұрын

20:20 we've stopped the Ativan and switched to Valium, we hope top have her off this is ten days time! the didn't have a bloody clue!

@palmlessprayer3859 2 жыл бұрын

Yes they did. Valium has an extremely long half life so it’s frequently used to taper off shorter acting benzodiazepines as you don’t need to dose as frequently. Valium is still used for tapering today

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

I know - I was screaming at the television - No! No! No! - this poor woman being whipped of that amount of valium in 10 days...she would suffer for 1 year+

@DMG118 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm. Second thoughts I don't think I'll take these benzos prescribed.

@beefchops1400 Жыл бұрын

That GP is a disgrace!

@Tor010 Жыл бұрын

"Not my problem" - yeah it is

@jamesmiller9188 8 жыл бұрын

An important video, but it does not reveal the outcome of the lawsuit. We need a similar suit in the US. I would, however, disagree that ativan is the worst of this class of drugs. They are equally dangerous and addictive. Let's file a class action lawsuit and/or a product liability suit.

@danm3195 5 жыл бұрын

Poor lady.😔

@Gildedbutterfly1976 4 жыл бұрын

Taper taper taper!!!!! Go slow. There is no rush. I have tapered once and was fine and then stupidly got on again. I went slow like a snail and had no problems. I don’t get why anyone would stop these drugs cold turkey.

@tomryan3908 3 жыл бұрын

ADDICTED TO ATIVAN FROM 1980 - 2007 ; SLOWLY WITHDREW FROM THEM OVER A 4 YEAR PERIOD [ 2003 - 2007 ]- WENT THROUGH WITHDRAWALS SLOWLY - NO PROBLEMS NOW - DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL ALSO 👌👌👌- DEUS VULT BE SAFE MY FRIEND FROM EIRE 🇨🇮💚🇨🇮💚🇨🇮💚🇨🇮💚👍🐕

@Lauren-cq3co 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you are off! How slow was your taper?

@howey935 6 жыл бұрын

Benzodiazepines are good for a couple of things I’ve used them before going to the dentist (as I have a phobia of dentists) or for when people are frightened of flying. Using them for any long term problem is definitely not advised.

@halfretarded931 3 жыл бұрын

They defenetly have there place

@joebish6629 Жыл бұрын

Yes, benzos are miracle drugs if used properly. I suffer from temporal lobe epilepsy and if I didn't have access to diazepam when I require it, I'd have died a long time ago.

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

tell that to the doctors who are still prescribing them in 2023

@beardlessodin945 9 ай бұрын

@@JudithMaackmy shrink (he’s also an addictions doctor) is still dishing them out to the tune of 2 Xanax bars a day with a huge Methadone chaser! I personally get 4mg Clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril) a day and 100mg Methadone a day. I’ve been on the same cocktail for 11 years with this doctor and I have been taking Benzos and Opioids together since I was 15 and I’m nearly 36 now. Beware!

@beardlessodin945 9 ай бұрын

@@halfretarded931they do. On their own (if not mixed with alcohol or other CNS depressants) they are incredibly hard to overdose on to the point of dying, and for very brief spells a small RX isn’t likely to do any harm to most people. It’s when you find the doctors who are totally cool with daily use for long periods that you need to watch out.

@andrewmckenna00 3 жыл бұрын

"i didnt know it was drugs" what do you think the Dr prescribes, fucking chocolate

@joebish6629 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. People should do a bit of research.

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

I think she equates it to heroin addiction. Most people going through withdrawal and the horrors that follow, cannot understand why their trusted family doctors would give them a drug worse than heroin. I

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

this was 1988 - long before the internet. Why would she research a medicine given to her by a doctor she trusted...She had no idea that this was going to happen@@joebish6629

@jbgodsgirl5381 4 жыл бұрын

10 days time???? 😭😭 that’s criminal

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

these detox centres cause more harm and people end up in A&E with seizures and severe symptoms. Even worse, they end up in a psych ward and gold help them wheh psychiatry gets their hands on them...polydrugged to the eyeballs because their ' anxiety has returned'. These psychiatrists are drug pushers and criminals.

@fionafrench3765 8 жыл бұрын

I hope so too.

@JoshP037 4 жыл бұрын

"Get off this golf course. Get off this golf course. Get off this golf course. Get off this golf course." ...probably not the most sympathetic thing you could say in the context of what this documentary is about.

@halfretarded931 3 жыл бұрын

Does anybody know what is stronger ? Benzos or barbiturates?

@andrews6341 3 жыл бұрын

Barbituates for sure and a lot more dangerous. It is virtually impossible to OD from Ativan or Valium alone. That is why they are used more than Barbs for the last 45 years or so.

@markczarny7088 8 күн бұрын

Barbs are much stronger and use to kill thousands a year. They put pets to sleep with barbs

@stefwatters7482 7 жыл бұрын

Pity the episode ain't around where they were buying the nuke material in Russia.

@Househead1200 Жыл бұрын

Mrs Broomfield's doctor climbed out his car as pissed as a newt.

@beardlessodin945 9 ай бұрын

They could have killed this woman. A benzodiazepine cold turkey routinely causes grand mal seizures which can be fatal.

@aaronwells2516 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know of she recovered

@joannehowe7513 4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Wells I don’t know how successful she was, I can only find out that Ada died in November 2007.

@aaronwells2516 4 жыл бұрын

@@joannehowe7513 Thanks 😁

@hypnotherapist2211 Жыл бұрын

@@joannehowe7513a yea she is well and recovered:)

@stefwatters7482 7 жыл бұрын

Phoo! Damn, them Ativan must be powerful shit if the Diazepam ain't holding her and she's still rattling.

@ConfusingClarity 6 жыл бұрын

Yes. Ativan is ten times stronger than diazepam and leaves the body very quickly. They had to give her a much higher equivalent dose of Valium because Ativan leaves the system much more quickly than Diazepam builds up to halt the Ativan withdrawal.

@kojacksfootballshack8191 3 жыл бұрын

4th September 2020,Lorazepam should only be used a few times a week

@futureofmoney3527 7 ай бұрын

I got handed a blister pack of lorazepam over the counter as an alternative to melatonin. I went to another pharmacy and they offered me clonazepam (way stronger, and much longer half life). I live in Thailand.

@kojacksfootballshack8191 3 жыл бұрын

She needed to go to hospital, and be tapered off with Librium, for 11 days like me

@Ndags23 Жыл бұрын

They tapered you off with Librium in 11 days and it worked?

@nickerojp 8 жыл бұрын

Benzos ought to be banned.

@nickerojp 8 жыл бұрын

And many people replace one deadly addiction with another

@tedd_blackk 8 жыл бұрын

+Superdelta000 I think most doctors rely on the corrupted information stream that is controlled to some degree at each stage my pharma. (studies, experts, governments, and so on) And insurance companies insist on cheap quick chemical treatment. Lives ruined due to the negligence of most, and the corruption of many.

@joebish6629 3 жыл бұрын

Bollocks. Benzos are miracle drugs if used properly. Short term or occasional use and there are many different afflictions they can mitigate.

@carlkamuti 3 жыл бұрын

That's like opioids should be banned. They serve a useful purpose, modern medicine cannot do without these drugs. But they need to be controlled properly; quite how we do that I'm not sure.

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

Can we stop calling people prescribed by their doctors 'addicts' it is deeply offensive and they do not become addicted to other substances....it is doctors' fault.@@nickerojp

@waynegrow 2 жыл бұрын

Fkg ADA. That's terrible.

@julesdevall2176 3 жыл бұрын

One time I snorted 5 crushed Ativan tablets, it made me cry then black the fuck out and I felt off for a couple days

@keithbentley6081 3 жыл бұрын

Bit like alcohol withdrawal.

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

alcohol withdrawal is easy compared to benzos...

@wickedwonka9155 3 жыл бұрын

I love Ativan.

@r.a.dduncan5278 7 жыл бұрын

Fuck all this shit! I've been on and off benzos for 15 years. Valium, xanax, klonopin, and ativan. I need it to leave my house. I'm agoraphobic. I've never had any withdrawals. Sorry for the folks that do suffer withdrawals tho.

@nocturnalproductions2912 7 жыл бұрын

Have you ever questioned whether it's the benzos that are causing the agoraphobia?

@JudithMaack 9 ай бұрын

good point - this drug causes so much anxiety....coming off and on is called 'kindling' one day this person will have withdrawals because she has messed up her central nervous system.. Education is the most import part and not to get defensive when people point out the dangers that are coming their way.@@nocturnalproductions2912

@futureofmoney3527 7 ай бұрын

You’re stuck on them for life.