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Etizolam vs clonazepam
Which medicine clonazepam md 0.5 or etizolam md 0.5 is best for anxiety issue? I am having general anxiety and social anxiety. Is long use make dependent on this?
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Clonazepam has long half life and more potent as compared to etizolam which has 3 hour half life. It is recommended for short time because chance of dependence . Use antidepressant with clonazepam and then taper slowly clonazepam and continue antidepressant
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Clonazepam is way better than etizolam in efficacy and duration of action. But it has drowsy effects
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