Clonazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative with highly potent anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, and anxiolytic properties. It is marketed by Roche under the trade-names Klonopin in the United States, and Ravotril in Chile. Other names like Rivotril or Rivatril are known throughout the large majority of the rest of the world. Clonazepam is a chlorinated derivative of nitrazepam and therefore a nitrobenzodiazepine.
Clonazepam may be prescribed for
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Clonazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative with highly potent anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, and anxiolytic properties. It is marketed by Roche under the trade-names Klonopin in the United States, and Ravotril in Chile. Other names like Rivotril or Rivatril are known throughout the large majority of the rest of the world. Clonazepam is a chlorinated derivative of nitrazepam and therefore a nitrobenzodiazepine.
Clonazepam may be prescribed for
In the treatment of acute epilepsy via intravenous administration approximately 72.5 percent of patients show improved EEG patterns, 17.5 percent show no improvement and for 10 percent of patients clonazepam has a paradoxical effect and worsens EEG readings.
Clonazepam is sometimes used for refractory epilepsies; however, long-term prophylactic treatment of epilepsy has considerable limitations, the most notable ones being the loss of antiepileptic effects due to tolerance, which renders the drug useless with long-term use, and side-effects such...
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