The drug "Clonazepam" is a synthetic anticonvulsant drug that is used to treat mental disorders and epilepsy.
The therapeutic effect of the drug "Clonazepam"
Instructions for use indicate that the active ingredient has a sedative, anticonvulsant, central muscle relaxant, hypnotic and anxiolytic effect. The drug eliminates emotional stress, anxiety, anxiety, fear. Treatment of epilepsy with this medication is more effective than with other drugs containing benzodiazepine, since the anticonvulsant effect of the drug “Clonazepam” is stronger. The use of medication for the treatment of spastic torticollis is effective . The medicine is used as a sleeping pill for organic brain damage. The drug is in the form of tablets.
Medication "Clonazepam": instructions for use
The duration of therapy and dosage is determined by the doctor.
Over-the-counter pills are best avoided. The initial dose for adults is half a tablet, which is 2-4 capsules. Children under five years old are given 250 micrograms, up to 12 years old - it is enough to take one tablet. Maintenance doses are taken after two weeks of use of the drug.
Side effects of the drug "clonazepam"
Instructions for use show that the medicine can cause various negative reactions. At the initial stage of therapy, the patient may experience a feeling of fatigue, lethargy, drowsiness, severe lethargy, a state of numbness, headaches and dizziness. In rare cases, the drug causes ataxia and confusion. With long-term use at high doses, the patient may develop diplopia, nystagmus, articulation disorders, anterograde amnesia, and an arousal state. Less commonly, the drug "Clonazepam" causes muscle weakness, hyperergic reactions. In infants, salivation may increase, bronchial hypersecretion may develop.
Indications for the use of the drug "Clonazepam"
Instructions for use informs that it is recommended to take the medicine for children and adults with epilepsy, manifested by atonic seizures, typical absences and nodding seizures. From eighteen years of age, tablets are prescribed for the treatment of conditions of fear and phobia, psychomotor agitation. In addition, the medication is used for panic disorders, insomnia, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, hallucinations, delirium, acute agitation, tremor, somnambulism, and muscle hypertonicity.
Contraindications to the use of clonazepam
The instructions for use explain that the drug should not be taken with acute alcohol intoxication, coma, myasthenia gravis, angle-closure glaucoma, hypersensitivity, acute poisoning with sleeping pills or narcotic analgesics, shock, respiratory center depression, acute respiratory failure. The medication is prohibited during pregnancy and breastfeeding of newborns.
Means "Clonazepam": instructions, price
The cost of the drug is 1240 rubles.