Description: It is a medication available by prescription only and used to treat many conditions such as seizures and panic attacks.
ANSWERS: Klonopin is the medical name for this prescription medication but it sold in generic form under the name of clonazepam. This medication is part of a group called benzodiazepines, which can have many effects on your body. They can help you to reduce your anxiety level, can cause sleepiness, stop seizures, sometimes impair your short term memory, and relax your muscles. The medication in this group is often referred to as sedatives, central nervous system depressants, or mild tranquilizers. One of the complaints that men have is the clonazepam sexual side effects.
General Side Effects
There are many different side effects of this medication, and what they are depends on the person taking them, what they are being taken for, and how long the medication is being taken. Here are the most common side effects:
- Up to fifty percent of people experience drowsiness
- Up to thirty percent of people experience coordination problems
- Up to twenty-five percent of people experience behavior problems
- Up to twelve percent of people experience dizziness
- Up to ten percent of people experience upper respiratory tract infections, including a cold
From one to ten percent of people experience speech problems, confusion, coughing, sore throat, runny or irritated nose, menstrual cramps that are painful, fatigue
In addition, there are clonazepam sexual side effects in one to ten percent of the people taking this medication.
Klonopin Sexual Side Effects
- Change in their libido—they may experience a decreased or increased sexual drive but this side effect is rare. It occurs in less than one percent of the people taking this medication.
- Ejaculation problems—up to two percent of men taking this medication for a panic disorder reported they had problems with delayed ejaculation.
- Impotence—this is the total inability to get an erection, a tendency to only be able to sustain brief erections, or have an inconsistent ability to get an erection. This sexual side effect occurred in up to three percent of men who were taking this medication for a panic disorder.
General Dosing Information
When you see your physician they will decide just how much you should take of this prescription medication. Here is the general dosing information:
- Panic Disorders—the starting dose is usually 0.25 milligrams but your physician may increase the dosage as it is needed.
- Seizures—in adults they physician will usually start you out with 1.5 mg a day with it divided into three doses but they may increase it until the seizures are controlled.
Make sure that you take the medication exactly as your physician prescribed with water. You should also make sure that you take the tablet whole and not crushed.