Clonazepam

What is clonazepam?

Clonazepam is a benzodiazepine. It influences chemicals in the cerebrum that might be uneven. Clonazepam is likewise a seizure prescription, additionally called a hostile to epileptic medication. 

Clonazepam is utilized to treat certain seizure issue (counting nonattendance seizures or Lennox-Gastaut disorder) in grown-ups and kids. 

Clonazepam is likewise used to treat alarm issue (counting agoraphobia) in grown-ups.

Important information

You should not use clonazepam if you have narrow-angle glaucoma or severe liver disease, or if you are allergic to Valium or a similar medicine.

Call your doctor if you have any new or worsening symptoms of depression, unusual changes in behavior, or thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.

Do not drink alcohol while taking this medicine. Clonazepam may be habit-forming. Never share clonazepam with another person. Keep the medication in a place where others cannot get to it. Selling or giving away clonazepam is against the law.

Before taking this medicine

You ought not take clonazepam on the off chance that you have: 

• restricted edge glaucoma; 

• serious liver infection; or 

• a background marked by hypersensitive response to any benzodiazepine, for example, diazepam (Valium), alprazolam (Xanax), lorazepam (Ativan), chlordiazepoxide, flurazepam, and others. 

To ensure clonazepam is ok for you, tell your specialist in the event that you have: 

• kidney or liver sickness; 

• glaucoma; 

• porphyria (a hereditary chemical issue that causes side effects influencing the skin or sensory system); 
• asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, incessant obstructive pneumonic issue (COPD), or other breathing issues; 
• a background marked by discouragement or self-destructive musings or conduct; or 

• a background marked by dysfunctional behavior, psychosis, or dependence on medications or liquor. 

A few people have contemplations about suicide when taking seizure medicine. Your specialist ought to check your advancement at general visits. Your family or different parental figures ought to likewise be aware of changes in your state of mind or indications. 

Take after your specialist's directions about taking seizure prescription on the off chance that you are pregnant. Try not to begin or quit taking this pharmaceutical without your specialist's recommendation, and tell your specialist immediately on the off chance that you get to be pregnant. Clonazepam may make hurt an unborn child, and may bring about breathing or encouraging issues in an infant. Be that as it may, having seizures amid pregnancy could hurt both mother and child. 

On the off chance that you are pregnant, your name might be recorded on a pregnancy registry. This is to track the result of the pregnancy and to assess any impacts of clonazepam on the infant. 

Clonazepam can go into bosom drain and may hurt a nursing child. You ought not bosom sustain while utilizing this prescription. 

Try not to give this medication to a tyke without medicinal counsel. Clonazepam is not affirmed to treat alarm issue in anybody more youthful than 18 years of age. 

The calming impacts of clonazepam may last more in more seasoned grown-ups. Unintentional falls are regular in elderly patients who take benzodiazepines. Use alert to abstain from falling or inadvertent harm while you are taking clonazepam.