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My regimen is 2mg klonopin (clonazepam) 8am, 1mg ativan noon, 2mg klonopin (clonazepam) hs. if i miss my am dose klono, can i take with noon dose of ativan?

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

It would be best : Just to take the missed klonopin (clonazepam) and skip the Ativan as they are both benzodiazepine s but the Ativan is just short acting. At that point the Ativan is not needed.

Answered 5/10/2016

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