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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 144 21
Stiffness/Spasticity 127 22
Other 90 23
Pain 24 6
Insomnia 20 5
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) 13 4

See all 486 patients currently taking Clonazepam


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
2 2%
Moderate
11 13%
Mild
29 33%
None
46 52%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
15 17%
Drowsiness
13 15%
Groggy in morning
11 13%
klonopin can be a depressant
6 7%
Sedation
4 5%
It makes me less alert in the mornings. I take my dose at bedtime
4 5%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Clonazepam. See all 47 dosages ►

  0.05mg as needed 0.125mg as needed 0.25mg as needed 0.5 mg as needed 0.5mg as needed 1000mg as needed 10mg as needed 1.5mg as needed 1 mg all the time (24/7) 1mg as needed 2 0.5mg as needed 20mg as needed 2 mg as needed 2mg as needed 3 0.5mg as needed 3 1mg as needed 5mg as needed as needed daily mg as needed 0.05 mg daily 0.1 mg daily 0.125 mg daily 0.25 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 0.375 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 0.75 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.25 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 4.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 38 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 4 Number of Patients: 4 40 Number of Patients: 40 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 19 Number of Patients: 19 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 79 Number of Patients: 79 2 Number of Patients: 2 100 Number of Patients: 100 1 Number of Patients: 1 29 Number of Patients: 29 63 Number of Patients: 63 2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 20 Number of Patients: 20 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Clonazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
15 27% Doctor's advice: 27%
Did not seem to work
14 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Other
13 23% Other: 23%
Course of treatment ended
10 18% Course of treatment ended: 18%
Side effects too severe
8 14% Side effects too severe: 14%
Personal research
2 4% Personal research: 4%
Expense
2 4% Expense: 4%
Not indicated
1 2% Not indicated: 2%

See all 49 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
3
10
12
40
51
124

Stopped Taking Clonazepam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
5
8
13
4
18

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
61 69%
Usually
19 22%
Sometimes
7 8%
Never
1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
3 3%
Somewhat
5 6%
A little
10 11%
Not at all
70 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 1%
$100-199
1 1%
$50-99
2 2%
$25-49
6 7%
< $25
55 63%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.