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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Hello And Thank You . I Have Been On Clonazepam

Hello and thank you . I have been on clonazepam for years – 1 mg at bedtime to help with my sleep. I have never yet taken a clonazepam pill that was not fully effective , nor one that was manufactured by a company other than Teva, (excep possibly Roche); in any case I have never had any doubts as to the effectiveness or efficacy of these pills. Now, however , my pharmacy just sold me a refill of clonazepam made by a new - to-me Chinese company of which I no nothing – Accord. Given China's poor reputation for purity and efficacy of some of their past drugs, foods and even toothpaste ingredients which they imported into the USA in recent years , I do not feel confidence in taking this Chinese-made drug every night, as am I expected to do suddenly and without warning . Multiplying my concern: numerous postings I have read on the Internet lately by other thoughtful-seeming American patients who have also recently had their Klonopin fills made of by this same Chinese company, Accord, postings which expressed not only general worry as to Accord 's quality control standards , some of them even have gone as far as to say they took these generic pills (as prescribed) and felt that they did not work as well them as did their old generic clonazepam (same dose pill) (made by Teva).
My question: please, do YOU believe, have definite opinion you are willing to express, as to whether China 's Accord clonazepam is quite as efficacious and safe as the generic clonazepam pills made by Teva? Many thanks for your kind attention to my question.
posted on Thu, 31 May 2018
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