Posted by RobertDavid on June 7, 2009, at 23:21:05
In reply to Re: brand klonopin, posted by Cherry Carver on June 7, 2009, at 21:59:36
I hate the "K" in brand klonopin pills. It makes it difficult to cut up, they are not scored. Even with a pill cutter it breaks up typically and usually makes uneven pieces especially when you try to quarter them. I wish generic worked for me, but it doesn't.
Several attempts to switch at the same dose and within a week the same result. Just feeling off, anxious with insomnia and on. Seems to me that it's more than brand being more potent, that they are released differently or have other ingredients, simply not the same product.
Worse yet there are several companies that make generic. Sometimes the 1mg pill is blue, sometimes it's green, they probably come from different countries, certainly different manufacturers. The FDA doesn't seem to have a handle on testing generics and they do allow "somne" variance in potency. I think that can lead to significant variances unlike brand.
My Dr. insists I take brand klonopin (when I could afford it - now I can't afford my doctor). He believes that even when you get a refill from the same manufacturer that the "batch" can be different than the previous batch you got your last refill from, therefore you're body can go through an adjustment or withdrawl each refill.
Perhaps those that take smaller doses or as needed/not daily feel the difference less, certainly everyone is different. My guess is that klonopin is such a potent drug even small variances make a big difference.
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