medication

[beam2me]

can i take clonazepam 0.5mg with effexor xr 75mg

[Hensley258]

Yes you can take Clonazepam with Effexor XR.

This is not an unusual combination.

Although I must beg to differ with ettebette regarding, "if your doctor prescribed it then it must be safe."

I strongly dissagree with this assumption that just because a doctor or even Psychiatrist says a medication combination is safe, that you should always trust them.

Doctors and Psychiatrist make mistakes much more often than you may think. I personnaly know several people that were almost killed by doctors that prescribed dangerous combinations of Psychotropic medication to them.

For example: two SSRI medications should never be taken in conjunction with each other, yet I have seen doctors prescribe both Prozac and Zoloft to one person. She was almost killed because she developed Serotonin Syndrome as a result.

I have seen doctors prescribe pain medication like Tramadol with an SSRI. This can also result in Serotonin Syndrome. I hate to break the news to people that trust doctors with full faith. Sorry, but they are not always right and they often do make mistakes.

I once had a Psychiatrist that prescribed me Effexor and Cymbalta and told me to take both meds. True story I kid you not!

Anyway, yes you can take Effexor and the benzodiazaphine at the same time. No risk at all from that combo.

[ettebette]

Has your doctor prescribed this for you and said it's o.k.?  I take 300 mg of Effexor XR every day, and .5mg of clonazepam in the morning, and 1 mg at bedtime, and I'm fine.  He just recently added Wellbutrin to the regimen.  I'm wondering why you are asking this.  If you doctor prescribed this for you, he/she must feel it's safe for you to take.  I'd like to know more.  Write me back if you'd like.

Blessings,

Ellen