Clonazepam Is a “targeted” Drug in Canada?
Question by super-hidden-guy: Clonazepam is a “targeted” drug in Canada?
I moved a prescription for Clonazepam from one pharmacy to another… they told that once it had moved, it could not (due to Canadian law) me transferred again.
I asked the pharmacist why, and she said that being an… opiate? that it is “targeted” and “tracked”.
I’ve been searching around for more info on this, but haven’t found any. If anyone can help me suss this out (just for curiosity’s sake), I’d be very grateful.
Best answer:
Answer by Zen
Clonazepam falls under the class benzodiazepines, and is a potent anxiolytic. It’s a medication that falls in class (schedule III), which means it has moderate abuse potential. Since the medication has abuse potential, it is therefore controlled and not so easy to transfer around.
Answer by Az R
I’m more familiar with the American system, but the Canadian one is pretty similar as I understand it. In the US we have a controlled substance schedule. The higher the controls on a substance, the more prone it is to abuse, and the more restrictions the government puts on prescribing it. This can range from only allowing a certain number of refills, allowing prescription transfers only a certain number of times, only a certain number of days or pills to be given out at once. Basically there’s a whole mess of restrictions to keep them from ending up being abused by people or sold illegitimately, while still allowing people who need them to get them.
Clonazepam is a benzodiazepine tranquilizer. It has about as much relationship to an opiate as dog kibble has to a jet engine. If your pharmacist actually did mix up the two, she needs a swift blow to the head.
That said, benzodiazepines usually aren’t the most heavily regulated (in the US they’re on the 2nd lowest schedule of the 5 ranks). They’re very widely used, are very safe, but are subject to abuse. Most benzodiazepine abuse (actually almost all of it) occurs when users of other drugs cannot get access to their drug of choice. Notably opiate addicts will go for benzos when absolutely nothing better is available.
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