Klonopin has been an extremely addictive and very difficult drug to get off of but I was lucky enough to find a prescriber who is very knowledgeable on using a benzo with a shorter half life and gradually tapering and after 9 months I getting closer to stopping it altogether. There were a few days years ago when I was on a higher dose and ran out for 3 days and ended up at the emergency room.
Take care,
John J
On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 09:11:22 AM PDT, Mayo Clinic Connect wrote:

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@vsby I also live in Canada and haven't read or heard anything about a class action lawsuit over here. I was warned long ago by my doctor that he felt they would possibly take these meds off the market, this was about 5 years ago. I read about it here and how brutal they're being to people that use this med and not doing very much about the chaos they're causing for innocent victims. I continue to try and reduce my meds but it's very random, on good days I'm doing well but I have more bad days so I don't stay on the same program when I feel so bad because I can't. My doctor also said he would never do this to a patient but truth be known, I don't believe and I only base this on how unavailable he's been for the past three years, thus I have very little faith in him and the medical system.

Benzodiazepines are still available. They have not been taken off the market in Canada or the US.
Effexor was taken off the marketplace years ago but it is not a benzodiazepine. Effexor SL is still available.