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What is the best way to taper off Klonopin?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Mar 27 5:57am | Replies (311)Comment receiving replies
To the question of tapering off Klonopin - in one word, "slowly". It can take a year, cutting back each month by 1/8mg.
Another question is "Why?" If Klonopin was doing its intended job, why stop taking it? That's a question every individual has to answer for themselves. There are good reasons for stopping, and there may be unwise decisions, as well. Just saying.
Jim
Ps. I've been taking 1mg bid for 20 years. I stopped for a short time because it was interfering with my ability to get needed pain medication. Because of RLS, my surgeon, working on my Achilles tendons, wanted me to resume taking it so RLS didn't cause complications.
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It’s getting more and more difficult to get a long term benzo prescription. Once someone’s long time provider dies or retires it can become almost impossible to get a script for more than a few weeks. No they don’t care that you’ve been on them forever, benzos are the only thing that works, you’re a Vet, you’re old etc. Benzos are going away long term just like opioids. The younger doctors are just not going to prescribe since the DEA got involved.