Posted by Squiggles on September 3, 2006, at 8:07:39
In reply to Re: Clonazepam dosing » SLS, posted by Squiggles on September 3, 2006, at 7:46:15
This will be my last message, because there
are so many articles pointing to K as being
seizure-inducing upon discontinuation, possibly
more than other benzos, at lower dosages.
You can search for yourselves on this topic.
It might stand to common sense that a drug
made especially for convulsions, will upon
stopping produce convulsions, but dose may
override that, i don't know. Certainly,
valium had a different w/d effect (of another
horror but not encephelic) for me. This
article below shows the need for caution,
but even here, a much slower and perhaps
adjuncted withdrawal schedule is needed
for K.Squiggles
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Comment in:
Psychiatr J Univ Ott. 1990 Mar;15(1):64.
Seizure in gradual clonazepam withdrawal.* Wong T,
* Tiessen E.Convulsions from abrupt clonazepam withdrawal in patients with a seizure history or concurrent neuroleptic use have been described in the literature. This is a report of a patient without these precipitating factors developing seizure despite "gradual" reduction of clonazepam by .5 mg every 4 days. The possibility of clonazepam withdrawal seizures should be kept in mind even in patients not considered at risk for developing seizures. Clonazepam cessation should be more gradual, even slower than .5 mg every 4 days.
PMID: 2508139 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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