Posted by LisaLynn on October 2, 2014, at 9:23:54
Hi,
For the second time in 18 years I am being faced with not taking the brand name Klonopin and I am absolutely freaking out. If anyone has ANY suggestions or can answer my questions please help!
Was put on Xanax about 24ish years ago for severe, life disrupting panic. When I developed a tolerance to it, my then-doctor switched me to Klonopin. Everything was fine and I take a very small dose (0.5/day).
Once, I was given the generic and after 3 days was in withdrawal so I called my then-doc and asked him what could be happening and he said to only take the brand name because several of his patients said the generic didn't work for them.
Fast forward many, many years to today...there is a Klonopin shortage. 2 months ago when I realized this I cleaned out the stock that one local CVS had and hoped that by the time I needed the refill it would be back in production. Not so!
I have enough name brand to last until next Friday. I decided to be proactive yesterday and start calling my doctor, local pharmacies, and the manufacturer.
The CVS pharmacies in my city are completely out. Can't find it anywhere. They suggested calling other pharmacies like Walgreens because they said Walgreens would have a different supplier. Didn't work.
My doctor's office will barely return my phone calls and isn't taking the situation seriously even though I told them in grave detail the situation. However, they can wrote me 100 scripts, if I can't FIND the name brand it does me no good.
The manufacturer suggested going "outside my area" to other pharmacies. I called some cities in neighboring states (I'm in the desert so there isn't anything else to call) and I couldn't find it.
So my question is what do I do now? I am absolutely terrified and can't even do my job effectively because I'm obsessing over having to take a generic that doesn't work.
What is TEVA clonzapam? Some say it works for them. ANY help or info is greatly appreciated!!
poster:LisaLynn
thread:1071737
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