Study: Soundalike drugs cause health problems
MSNBCPosted: September 2nd, 2008 by Steve Trinward
“Take the generic drug clonidine for high blood pressure? Double-check that you didn’t leave the drugstore with Klonopin for seizures, or the gout medicine colchicine. Mixing up drug names because they look or sound alike — like this trio — is among the most common types of medical mistakes, and it can be deadly. Now new efforts are aiming to stem the confusion, and make patients more aware of the risk. Nearly 1,500 commonly used drugs have names so similar to at least one other medication that they’ve already caused mix-ups, says a major study by the U.S. Pharmacopeia, which helps set drug standards and promote patient safety.” (09/01/08)
October 30th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
My name is David Root and i would like to show you my personal experience with Klonopin.
I am 25 years old. Have been on Klonopin for at least 4 months now. Started taking it for anxiety and a chemically induced teeth grinding problem from an antidepressant. It works great. It helps with the teeth grinding, and I take a very low dose of it. I don’t abuse it. Abuse it, and your asking for problems. I don’t see a problem with addiction (I was in a situation where I was without it for 4 days, and I was fine).
I have experienced some of these side effects-
None, a little sleepiness, but nothing ground breaking
I hope this information will be useful to others,
David Root