Posted by cubbybear on May 28, 2003, at 11:47:48
In reply to Re: HELP! Need TAPER schedule for KLONOPIN asap!, posted by brianw68 on May 28, 2003, at 10:04:12
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> My doctor's view on Klonopin tapering... the slower, the better. I had asked him about a taper schedule of 0.5 mg/week. He said for the first week, removing 0.5 mg (1 pill) would probably be okay, but after that, he wanted me to go in 0.25 mg (half-pill) increments, and with each decrease, stretch out the time in between a little bit. The idea was to make the taper a curve rather than linear, if that makes sense.
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> First: - eliminated 0.5 mg from PM dose. Experienced 1 or 2 nights of sleep disturbance, but o.w. OK.
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> Eight days later: eliminated 0.25 mg from AM dose. No problems.
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> Next step: in two or three days, will eliminate 0.25 mg from PM dose.
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> Will continue to alternate eliminating half-pills from AM and PM doses, with intervals in between going something like 10 days, 15 days, 20 days, etc. When I get down to my last 0.5 mg/day, I may even taper that down with quarter-pill doses.Brian--this sounds pretty good --it seems that different people have their own or their pdoc's special formula for the process. I'm presently at 2.5 mg.; yet instead of stretching out the time intervals, as you're doing, I've decided to taper at the rate of .125 mg once a week (using a pill cutter.) If I run into problems, I'll backpedal and stay on the previous dose longer.. I don't care if this takes months to complete--I just don't want to encounter any more withdrawal anxiety and insomnia. It's a real bummer! Good luck to you too.
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