Have the laws changed on perscribing Klonipin

[CCStaryLove420]

My doc has been perscribing me Klonipin for a long time.Last visit he told me tnat he couldn't perscribe it to me anymore and that I would have to see a phyciattrist to get them from them. Have the laws changed recently or is he pounding sand up my butt? I live in California

[Paxiled]

The laws have not changed as far as I know, unless California passed a law of its own, as it often does.  What has changed is there is another in a periodically recurring publicity focus on addictive drugs, how docs prescribe them, and how patients end up abusing them.  I have been on klonopin for many years now, and the only change has been my psychiatrist has to see me once a year to keep prescribing them to me.  It's not a bad idea to do this with a psychiatrist, because if you ever want to stop taking the drug regular docs aren't very good at knowing how to do a successful taper off them, but your doctor would not be practicing ethical medicine if he cuts you off abruptly -- it does take time to find a psychiatrist and you don't want to stop taking them abruptly so at the least he should keep you with refills until you do.  You might ask you pharmacist if there have been any legal changes, and you might ask your doctor exactly why he can't prescribe them to you anymore -- he does work for you.  You did pay him.