To not require pre-approval by your insurance providers for your clonazepam especially since you’re taking MS Contin before now would be called a miracle in pharmacy circles. Lol
It’s been required in Wyoming-serviced insurance providers and Medicaid for at least 5 years of not longer. In fact I had to have my Ambien pre-authorized many years ago and I wasn’t even on opioids at the time. Us pharmacists are actually more leery of benzodiazepines than almost any other class of drug other than MAO inhibitors.
I stopped by Ambien almost as quick as I started it. I’m more content to not sleep at all than deal with the side effects that crap gives me.
Anyhoo— the reason you see the crackdown on benzodiazepines especially with poly-pharmacy and co-medication with opioids is the high risk of sedation, increased comorbidity and mortality rates of accidental overdosing or death due to respiratory depression and suicide.
The alarming increase in suicide and depression due to Covid-19 has insurance companies and providers hypervigilant to be on the offense instead of landing in court with malpractice suits.

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