A 40-year-old female asked:
is it dangerous to take 2 mg of klonopin, 10 mg of ambien (zolpidem) and 50 mg of trazodone all within a half hour in order to sleep? i'm a 140 lb woman.
2 doctor answers
Dr. Alvin Lin answered
29 years experience Geriatrics
Not a good idea: Research consistently shows that taking sleeping medicines like Ambien (zolpidem) plus benzodiazepines like Klonopin increase risk for bad things like falling & breaking hips. Confusion, car accidents, etc too. Trazodone is also sedating. All in all, a very bad combination from my perspective. FDA recently limited new prescriptions of Ambien (zolpidem) in women to just 5mg daily. Klonopin 2mg is largest dose too.
Answered on Jul 19, 2015
Dr. Michael Blumenfield answered
56 years experience Psychiatry
Depends: Usually a doctor will not start with all three of those medications at that dosage. If the medication is being titrated up such dosages might be prescribed. SOmetimes Trazadone will be an even higher dosage.
Hopefully you and your doctor will try to figure out why you are having trouble sleeping and psychotherapy might be considered.
Answered on Jul 19, 2015
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