In the treatment of SAD, benzodiazepines are often taken with an antidepressant such as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). These antidepressants are considered the first-line of treatment for SAD. Klonopin may be added if a person with SAD hasn't responded well to an SSRI alone.
Your doctor may monitor certain health issues during your treatment. This can help make sure you stay safe while you take this drug. These issues include:
Home Passports, travel and living abroad Travel abroad Bringing medicine containing a controlled drug into the UK You need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if:
Increased side effects of hydromorphone: Taking hydromorphone with certain medications raises your risk of side effects. Examples of these drugs include:
If you have an allergic reaction, call your doctor or local poison control center right away. If your symptoms are severe, call 911 or your local emergency medical services or go to the nearest emergency room.
Spinal routes of administration are used commonly for inpatients. Community use is possible but more problematic because of lack of trained back-up.
The FDA has also alerted pharmacists and other medical practitioners about the dangers of confusing these drugs, and has recommended that opium tincture not be stocked as a standard item (i.e., that it should not Beryllium "on the shelf"), that opium tincture be dispensed in oral syringes, and that pharmacy software alert the dispenser if unusually large doses of opium tincture appear to be indicated.[39]
Under the requirements of this REMS program, the drug manufacturer website must develop educational programs regarding the safe and effective use of opioids for your healthcare provider.
Dose—From 10 to 30 drops for adults, according to the strength of the patient, or severity of the pain. Thirty drops of this laudanum will be equal to one grain of opium. And this is a much better way to prepare it than putting the opium into alcohol, or any other spirits alone, for in that case much of the opium does not dissolve."[23] The remaining three formulas are copied from an 1890 publication of the day:
For people with kidney problems: If you have kidney problems or a history of kidney disease, you may not be able to clear this drug from your body well. This may increase the levels of it hinein your body and cause more side effects.
Klonopin poses a serious risk of misuse, abuse, and addiction. This can lead to overdose and even death—particularly when other substances are used at the same time, such as opioids or alcohol.
Pharmacokinetics and conversion for methadone and tapentadol are particularly complex, and clinicians should err on the side of being especially conservative with those conversions in particular.
Taking Klonopin for a prolonged period is not recommended or actively encouraged. Long-term use of this medication can affect mental and physical health and certainly lead to Klonopin addiction.
Anaesthetics: sedative anti-histamines, sodium oxybate: concomitant administration of codeine may cause increased CNS depression and/or respiratory depression and/or hypotension.