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According to a 2000 survey, the anti-epilepsy drug (AED) arsenal has nearly doubled in size since 1993. As a result, doctors have been able to offer many of their patients drugs with improved effectiveness, tolerability, and safety. Depending on the seizure type, certain standard AEDs are usually used first (called first-line drugs). If they fail, or if the patient becomes tolerant to the primary AEDs, then newer add-on or second-line AEDs are tried, usually in combination with the st...

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Any good substitutes that are all natural for Effexor XR

By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert

...from age 13. I have also been on either Xanax or clonazepam since then also... I find the only... Read more »

Treating Anxiety Disorders with Medications

By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert

...minor medical procedures. Generic names: alprazolam, clonazepam, diazepam, lorazepam Other... Read more »

Medications - thoughts running wild, insomnia, weight loss?

By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert

...depression and I am doing ok. I am taking Effexor XR, Clonazepam, Lisinopril for blood pressure,... Read more »

Treatment Resistant Depression: My Antidepressant Saga Continues

By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

...antidepressant that had been very successful in banishing my depression, but it's a decade-old... Read more »

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...are not 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... Read more »

Anxiety Disorders: Medications

...in most cases by SSRIs and by newer antidepressants. Benzodiazepines include:Alprazolam (Xanax) and clonazepam (Klonopin) are effective for panic disorder, some phobias, and generalized anxiety... Read more »

Restless Legs Syndrome and Related Disorders: Medications

...the drugs have been taken, the worse the withdrawal symptoms.BenzodiazepinesBenzodiazepines, such as clonazepam (Klonopin), are commonly called sedative hypnotics and are used for insomnia and... Read more »

Insomnia: Medications

...Commonly prescribed benzodiazepines include:Long acting benzodiazepines include flurazepam (Dalmane) and clonazepam (Klonopin), quazepam (Doral).Medium- to short-acting benzodiazepines include... Read more »

Headaches: Tension: Medications

...or to treat 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... Read more »

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