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Long term low dose clonazepam use
I am taking 0.25mg clonazepam twice as prescribed by my doctor since 2.5 years along with other medications like dveniz 50 twice and 1mg trifluoperazine once i suffered from bad panic attacks and ibs symptoms i want to know if it is safe to take clonazepam life time as when i taper it anxiety comes back and i know it is addictive but i am on lowest dose and never required any dose increase till now i am in a remission stage since a long time now and i feel even if it is addictive it is better to be panic free than suffering kindly suggest my psychiatrist says keep taking the meds i need them
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It seems your medications needs to be rationalized so that need for taking clonazepam is minimized. Taking clonazepam for long will only harm you as you will develop tolerance and then stopping it will become a biggest concern.
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You are partially right. But long term use of clonazepam is not always justified especially in anxiety disorder. You can discuss with your psychiatrist to further optimize rest of the regimen and try tapering clonazepam gradually. If not possible, then try switching to some long acting benzodiazepines (eg. Diazepam / chlordiazepoxide) and then taper same. it is easier to taper long acting benzodiazepines compared to short to medium acting one like clonazepam.
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Dr. Mohd Abrar
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Srinagar
Long term use of clonazepam will lead to addiction and also you need to increase dose with time due to tolerance of low dose by your body.. You can take it on as need basis but not on regular or long term basis..
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