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Will clonazepam help with opiate withdrawal and if so what symptoms will it help to reduce or relieve? same question about tizinidine..

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Dr. Robert Fietsam answered

Specializes in Surgery - Thoracic

Some relief.: Opiate withdrawal has anxiety, nausea, restlessness, muscle cramps, and diarrhea associated with it. Clonazepam will help reduce anxiety and restlessness. Tinazidine will help with cramps mostly

Answered 2/18/2017

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