How to Use clonazepam in a Sentence

clonazepam

noun
  • In this case, the clonazepam pills prescribed to Pellot, were in another room.
    Annabelle Allen, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • David died from the combined effects of clonazepam, fentanyl and heroin.
    Emily Brindley, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The autopsy also revealed that there was no pill residue from clonazepam in Muñoz's stomach.
    Iris Carreras, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Then there is Klonopin, the brand name for the pill known as clonazepam, which was originally brought to the market in 1975 as a medication for epileptic seizures.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 19 May 2017
  • Some years ago, one of her patients was prescribed a drug called clonazepam for an unrelated condition—and her burning mouth pain went away.
    Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Finally, a psychiatrist started her on the clonazepam three times a day as needed.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 June 2017
  • One ounce of meth, clonazepam, oxycodone and a glass smoking device was found in her possession, authorities said.
    Zachary Hansen, ajc, 14 May 2018
  • The doctor prescribed clonazepam, an anti-anxiety drug, to calm him, but Ms. Ferreira still found that when João Lucas was home, something often went wrong.
    Pam Belluck and Tania Franco, New York Times, 1 May 2017
  • An autopsy determined he had been drugged with clonazepam, which, combined with alcohol, had caused his death.
    Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • There are, however, medications such as melatonin and clonazepam that may improve the symptoms.
    The Conversation, oregonlive, 29 May 2023
  • Buck is accused of distributing narcotics gamma hydroxybutyric acid and clonazepam, sedatives that the DEA has described as date-rape drugs.
    NBC News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • In court, prosecutors said Schwarzman’s blood contained no alcohol, but did contain clonazepam, a sedative; methadone, a narcotic; and THC, a compound found in marijuana, at the time of the crash.
    Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • However, a physician is likely prescribing a bottle of 30 clonazepam a month and probably 10 or so Percocet tabs.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Sandí knew that drug abuse had been rampant for years — crack, marijuana, illicitly traded prescription pills such as clonazepam.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The officer noticed pills on the passenger-side floorboard, and a vehicle search yielded two prescription bottles for clonazepam, prescribed by the same doctor and filled at different pharmacies on the same day, according to the report.
    Jennifer James, Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Authorities found diazepam and clonazepam, anti-anxiety medications usually known in the U.S. by the brand names Valium and Klonopin.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Addiction to benzodiazepines -- a class of drugs that includes clonazepam (Klonopin), alprazolam (Xanax) and others, such as diazepam (Valium) -- is common.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Those include sedatives such as aplrazolam (sold as Xanax), clonazepam (sold as Klonopin) and diazepam (sold as Valium), as well as the antihistamine diphenhydramine (sold as Benadryl), and a number of other powerful narcotics and opioids.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Jupiter Medical’s staff told sheriff’s deputies the child also had overdosed in October after reportedly ingesting two 1-milligram clonazepam pills.
    Olivia Hitchcock, ajc, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Both psychotherapy and medication therapy are effective, but both need time to work, which is why a short-term treatment with clonazepam, or similar, is appropriate, with plans to get off that medicine when the other treatments become effective.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The coroner also noted his recent use of clonazepam, another anxiety medicine known as Klonopin, as another significant condition that contributed to his death.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Commonly prescribed drugs like alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin), and lorazepam (Ativan) are all benzodiazepines.
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The commissioner instead found probable cause to hold them each on charges of suspicion of possession of marijuana; possession of clonazepam; possession of oxycodone and cruelty to animals.
    Emily Lane, NOLA.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • The coroner also noted his recent use of clonazepam, another anxiety medicine, as another significant condition that contributed to his death.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Benzodiazepines for anxiety and panic disorders (e.g. Xanax [alprazolam], Valium [diazepam], Klonopin [clonazepam], and Ativan [lorazepam]) are known to cause drowsiness.
    Molly Kimball, OregonLive.com, 14 June 2017
  • The doctors first treated her depression and panic symptoms with an antidepressant, paroxetine, and an anti-anxiety medication, clonazepam.
    Susan Scutti, CNN, 24 Oct. 2017
  • According to the affidavit, authorities found controlled substances including Suboxone strips and clonazepam pills in her handbag, along with marijuana and paraphernalia use to smoke marijuana in Colbridge’s sedan.
    Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Sometimes doctors will also prescribe medications known as benzodiazepines like diazepam (Valium), alprazolam (Xanax), and clonazepam (Klonopin) to reduce anxiety as quickly as possible.
    Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 5 June 2019
  • In Chaney's storage unit, investigators located marijuana, methamphetamine, oxycodone pills, clonazepam pills, alprazolam, and suboxone strips.
    Dale Ellis, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Additional medications prescribed included clonazepam, risperidone, and zolpidem.
    Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2013

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