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What Is Klonopin Made Of

FDA adds suicide warning to anti-seizure drugs

December 21, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a label warning about an increased suicide risk to anti-seizure drugs such as Klonopin, Dilantin, and Topamax. The FDA's move comes in response to a recommendation by one of its expert advisory panels last summer, but it stops short of the strongest "black box" warning label. FDA officials say patients taking these medications should be monitored for signs of depression, for suicidal thoughts or behavior, or for any other unusual changes in m... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Can Xanax and Klonopin Help Treat Depression and Panic Disorder?
By Chris Ballas, M.D. , Health Expert

...chronic depression and panic disorder.  Can Xanax and Klonopin help?  Have other people... Read more »

Health Guide

Bipolar: Managing Stress Part 4: Seeing it Coming
... She also doesn't hesitate to "pop a Klonnie" when she starts feeling herself getting wound up. Klonopin is one of the class of anxiety meds known as benzodiazepines. Others include Xanax and... Read more »
Fibromyalgia Medication
...tension, irritability and sleep problems.  If anxiety is a problem, benzodiazepine medications like Klonopin, Ativan and Xanax can help reduce pain and improve sleep.  They work by improving the... Read more »
Medication for Social Anxiety Disorder
...symptoms when stopped abruptly. Anti-anxiety medications used for social phobia are:•    Clonazepam (Klonopin) Beta BlockersBeta-blockers are used to treat the physical symptoms often... Read more »
Bipolar Disorder Treatment
...generally used on a long-term basis for treating bipolar disorder.Benzodiazepines, such as clonazepam (Klonopin) or lorazepam (Ativan), are anti-anxiety drugs that may be particularly beneficial... Read more »
Headaches: Tension: Medications
...anxiety symptoms during periods of extreme stress. They include alprazolam (Xanax) and clonazepam (Klonopin). They tend to be highly addictive, however, and should therefore be used only on a... Read more »

Medications

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Clonazepam is used to treat seizure disorders and panic attacks. It belongs to a class of... Read more »

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Clonazepam is used to treat seizure disorders and panic attacks. It belongs to a class of... Read more »

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Clonazepam is used to treat seizure disorders and panic attacks. It belongs to a class of... Read more »

Roc02790_98294_5

Clonazepam is used to treat seizure disorders and panic attacks. It belongs to a class of... Read more »

Roc02790_98294_5

Clonazepam is used to treat seizure disorders and panic attacks. It belongs to a class of... Read more »

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