Lehigh Acres, FL
A 29-year-old male asked:
Ibeen tapering off of 0.5mg of clonazepam,developed hot face and hot pins and needles.doctor said i did it to fast because i cut the dose in half and added 25mg of sertraline daily and upped the kpin back to 0.5mg still have flushing. why??
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Family Medicine 48 years experience
Requires further: evaluation and review of your medications as well as a thorough medical workup for underlying illnesses.
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Addiction Medicine 50 years experience
Go lower slower: I recommend decreasing by no more than a quarter tablet (0.125 mg) - you can get clonazepam in 0.25 mg strengths where that would be half a tab - every 2-4 weeks. Some people are inordinately sensitive to benzodiazepines and have to be tapered slowly. While Sertraline might help the original anxiety, it will not treat the withdrawal. Go lower more slowly.
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Last updated Jun 30, 2017
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