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==Uses == It is used to treat seizures,<ref name="medlineclonazepam">[https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682279.html#why MedlinePlus β Clonazepam]</ref><ref name="nhsclonazepam" /> [[anxiety]]</ref><ref name="nami">{{Cite web | url = https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Treatments/Mental-Health-Medications/Types-of-Medication/Clonazepam-(Klonopin) | website = NAMI | date = 2021-03-23 | title = Clonazepam}}</ref> and [[panic disorder]]s,<ref name="medlineclonazepam" /><ref name="drugsclonazepam">{{Cite web | url = https://www.drugs.com/monograph/clonazepam.html|website =Drugs.com | date = 2021-03-23 | title = Drugs.com β Clonazepam}}</ref> movement problems such as [[akathisia]],<ref name="drugsclonazepam" /> [[bruxism]]<ref name="Huynh">{{Citation | last1 = Huynh | first1 = NT. | last2 = RomprΓ© | first2 = PH. | last3 = Montplaisir | first3 = JY. | last4 = Manzini | first4 = C. | last5 = Okura | first5 = K. | last6 = Lavigne | first6 = GJ. | title = Comparison of various treatments for sleep bruxism using determinants of number needed to treat and effect size. | journal = Int J Prosthodont | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 435β41 | pmid = 17323720 | year = 2006 }}</ref> or [[restless legs syndrome]],<ref name="trenkwalder">{{Citation | last1 = Trenkwalder | first1 = C. | last2 = Hening | first2 = WA. | last3 = Montagna | first3 = P. | last4 = Oertel | first4 = WH. | last5 = Allen | first5 = RP. | last6 = Walters | first6 = AS. | last7 = Costa | first7 = J. | last8 = Stiasny-Kolster | first8 = K. | last9 = Sampaio | first9 = C. | title = Treatment of restless legs syndrome: an evidence-based review and implications for clinical practice | journal = Mov Disord | volume = 23 | issue = 16 | pages = 2267β302 | date = Dec 2008 | doi = 10.1002/mds.22254 | url = http://www.movementdisorders.org/publications/ebm_reviews/treatmentofrls.pdf | format = PDF | pmid = 18925578 }}</ref> muscle problems<ref name="nhsclonazepam">[http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/formulary/bnf/current/4-central-nervous-system/48-antiepileptic-drugs/481-control-of-the-epilepsies/benzodiazepines/clonazepam British National Formulary β Clonazepam]</ref> and some sleep disorders.<ref name="Ferini-Strambi">{{Citation | last1 = Ferini-Strambi | first1 = L. | last2 = Zucconi | first2 = M. | title = REM sleep behavior disorder | journal = Clin Neurophysiol | volume = 111 | issue =Suppl 2 | pages = S136β40 | date = Sep 2000 | pmid = 10996567 | doi = 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00414-4}}</ref><ref name="schenck">{{Citation | last1 = Schenck | first1 = CH. | last2 = Arnulf | first2 = I. | last3 = Mahowald | first3 = MW. | title = Sleep and Sex: What Can Go Wrong? A Review of the Literature on Sleep Related Disorders and Abnormal Sexual Behaviors and Experiences | journal = Sleep | volume = 30 | issue = 6 | pages = 683β702 | date = Jun 2007 | doi = | pmid = 17580590 }}</ref> Several [[ME/CFS]] specialists employ clonazepam in their treatment protocols for a variety of uses.<ref name="haavisto2011">{{citation | last = Haavisto|first = Maija | date = 2011 | title = [[Reviving the Broken Marionette]]|url= |location= | publisher = Lulu.com | pages = 28-29|isbn=978-1409203353}}</ref> It is usually taken orally and begins having an effect within an hour, lasting between six and twelve hours.<ref name="Coop2007">{{citation | last1 = Cooper | first1 = Grant | title = Therapeutic uses of botulinum toxin | date = 2007 | publisher = Humana Press|location=Totowa, N.J.|isbn=9781597452472 | page = 214 | url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=UIUhCmMtqq8C&pg=PA214}}</ref> It can cause dependence or addiction, and tolerance in long-term use, and withdrawal symptoms are common.<ref name=AHFS2015>{{citation | title=Clonazepam | url = http://www.drugs.com/monograph/clonazepam.html | publisher = The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref> Dependence occurs in one-third of people who take clonazepam for longer than four weeks.<ref name="Riss-2008">{{Citation | last1 = Riss | first1 = J. | last2 = Cloyd | first2 = J. | last3 = Gates | first3 = J. | last4 = Collins | first4 = S. | title = Benzodiazepines in epilepsy: pharmacology and pharmacokinetics. | url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/120119477/PDFSTART | format = PDF | journal = Acta Neurol Scand | volume = 118 | issue = 2 | pages = 69β86 | date = August 2008 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01004.x | pmid = 18384456 }}</ref>
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