Mine was taken as prescribed under the manufacturer’s notes but he never explained to me what I might expect if I stopped taking them abruptly as the hospital did to me. 2 months in the hospital and I was refused klonopin because they lost my list of current medication and used a prescription schedule from 3 years ago instead of having them request a fax of my current medications.
I wasn’t on klonopin 3 years ago so because they were negligent I was refused klonopin. Forced to quit abruptly and they put me on 1 mg of adavan every 24 hours. It wasn’t until I screamed at the nurses he decided to give me a 2nd dose of 1 mg of adavan once every 12 hours. I didn’t want adavan I wanted my klonopin but for 20 days I went without them. A simple phone call would have alleviated the whole issue. I blame the hospital for not having my psychiatrist fax them a list of 3 psyche meds including my Clonazapan.

This was and continues to be pharmaceuticals defense for what’s been decades long problem. These issues with benzodiazepines were known since at least the 1950’s. They were forced to take them off market and they simply renamed them, increased their strength while lowering the milligrams. This made them more addictive and damaging.

The mini-series Painkiller on Netflix does a great job portraying the damage a specific opiate did, but this is applicable to other medications with high addictive risks.