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Does Long-Term Klonopin Cause Emotional Blunting? What Patients Describe but Doctors Miss
Does long-term Klonopin cause emotional blunting? For many people, yes. Clonazepam, sold as Klonopin, is a long-acting benzodiazepine, and years of daily use commonly narrow the range of what a person can…
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Does Long-Term Clorazepate Use Set Off a Prescribing Cascade of New Diagnoses and New Drugs?
What is a prescribing cascade? A prescribing cascade is what happens when a side effect of one medication is mistaken for a new illness and treated with a second medication, whose side…
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What to Look for in a Doctor Who Understands Protracted Withdrawal
Why is it so hard to find a doctor who understands protracted withdrawal? Because most doctors were taught that benzodiazepine withdrawal is over in a few weeks. A patient whose symptoms last…
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Gabapentin Dependence: The Overlooked Deprescribing Challenge
Can you become dependent on gabapentin at the dose your doctor prescribed? Yes, and it happens more quietly than with most medications a doctor hands out. Gabapentin, sold as Neurontin, and its…
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Kindling and Benzodiazepines: Why Failed Tapers Make the Next One Harder
What does kindling mean when people talk about benzodiazepines? Kindling is a borrowed word for a nervous system that has become more reactive after repeated abrupt stops. In medicine, we took the…
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Tolerance Withdrawal, or Why Benzo Symptoms Can Begin Before the Taper Does
Can you be in benzodiazepine withdrawal while taking every dose on time? Yes, and it is easy for a prescriber to miss. A person who has taken a benzodiazepine for years, at…
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Why Do Rapid Benzo Detox Programs Fail?
What does a rapid benzo detox program actually do? A rapid benzodiazepine detox program is a short inpatient stay, usually three to seven days, during which your benzodiazepine is stopped all at…







