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What is Clonazepam?

Clonazepam, a benzodiazepine, is used alone or as an adjunct in the treatment of seizure disorders and for panic disorders. Off label it is used for restless leg syndrome, neuralgia, multifocal tic disorder, parkinsonian dysarthria, bipolar disorder and as an adjunct in treatment of schizophrenia.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Anxiety 628 160
Other 208 49
Insomnia 162 46
Treat my mood condition(s) 137 22
Stiffness/Spasticity 135 26
Panic attacks 68 26

See all 1591 patients currently taking Clonazepam


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
11 3%
Moderate
52 15%
Mild
114 33%
None
166 48%

Most commonly reported side effects

Drowsiness
67 20%
Sleepiness
47 14%
Groggy in morning
43 13%
Sedation
27 8%
Forgetfulness
26 8%
Somnolence
21 6%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Clonazepam. See all 75 dosages ►

  0.05mg as needed 0.125 mg all the time (24/7) 0.125mg as needed 0.25 mg as needed 0.25mg as needed 0.5 1mg as needed 0.5 as needed 0.5 mg as needed 0.5mg as needed 0.5mg daily 0mg as needed 1000mg as needed 10mg as needed 1.5mg as needed 1 mg all the time (24/7) 1 mg as needed 1mg as needed 2 0.125mg as needed 2 0.5mg as needed 20mg as needed 2gtt as needed 2 mg all the time (24/7) 2 mg as needed 2mg as needed 2other as needed 3 0.5mg as needed 3 1mg as needed 3 mg all the time (24/7) 3mg as needed 50mg as needed 5mg as needed 6 0.5mg as needed 6gtt as needed 8mg as needed as needed daily mg as needed 0.05 mg daily 0.5 mg weekly 0.1 mg daily 0.125 mg daily 1 mg weekly 2 mg every other week 0.25 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 0.375 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 0.75 mg daily 1 mg daily 1 tps. daily 1.25 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 1.75 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.28 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 2.75 mg daily 3 mg daily 3.5 mg daily 4 mg daily 4.5 mg daily 5 gtt daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 12 gtt daily 12 other daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 38 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 200 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 147 Number of Patients: 147 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 62 Number of Patients: 62 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 10 Number of Patients: 10 7 Number of Patients: 7 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 34 Number of Patients: 34 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 32 Number of Patients: 32 5 Number of Patients: 5 9 Number of Patients: 9 290 Number of Patients: 290 7 Number of Patients: 7 358 Number of Patients: 358 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 95 Number of Patients: 95 1 Number of Patients: 1 191 Number of Patients: 191 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 73 Number of Patients: 73 4 Number of Patients: 4 57 Number of Patients: 57 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 21 Number of Patients: 21 3 Number of Patients: 3 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Clonazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
56 29% Doctor's advice: 29%
Other
43 23% Other: 23%
Did not seem to work
42 22% Did not seem to work: 22%
Side effects too severe
33 17% Side effects too severe: 17%
Course of treatment ended
26 14% Course of treatment ended: 14%
Personal research
10 5% Personal research: 5%
Not indicated
7 4% Not indicated: 4%
Expense
5 3% Expense: 3%

See all 177 patients who’ve stopped taking Clonazepam

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Clonazepam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
13
44
55
195
167
356

Stopped Taking Clonazepam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
24
22
34
39
23
37

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
230 67%
Usually
78 23%
Sometimes
32 9%
Never
3 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
13 4%
Somewhat
24 7%
A little
63 18%
Not at all
243 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 0%
$100-199
1 0%
$50-99
5 1%
$25-49
19 6%
< $25
226 66%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.