Making a diluted solution of Klonopin

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Hello!

I'm actually tapering off my Klonopin by 10% every 7-14 days...

I'm planning to do the other half of the tapering (I'll be down to 0.5 mg tomorrow) at a slower rate.

The problem is...

 

In my country Klonopin is sold in a liquid form. Its concentration is 2,5 mg/ml.

A drop is 0.1 mg of Klonopin. So I can taper off only 0.1 mg every time I do a 'cut'.

 

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What if I wanted to do this more slowly, especially in the very end of the tapering? Can I dilute a commercial solution with several eccipents?

 

Any suggestions?

[[bu...]]

Hello!

I'm actually tapering off my Klonopin by 10% every 7-14 days...

I'm planning to do the other half of the tapering (I'll be down to 0.5 mg tomorrow) at a slower rate.

The problem is...

 

In my country Klonopin is sold in a liquid form. Its concentration is 2,5 mg/ml.

A drop is 0.1 mg of Klonopin. So I can taper off only 0.1 mg every time I do a 'cut'.

 

http://sscacc.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Rivotril.jpg

 

What if I wanted to do this more slowly, especially in the very end of the tapering? Can I dilute a commercial solution with several eccipents?

 

Any suggestions?

 

Yes, you can dilute it.  Water is the best choice, but you should have no problem with fruit juice, soft drinks, etc.

[[Fa...]]

Thanks for your answer!

What if I wanted to do a microtaper from this solution? 

[[bu...]]

Thanks for your answer!

What if I wanted to do a microtaper from this solution? 

 

As long as you have access to the Rx liquid, a microtaper is almost certainly the easiest way to withdraw.

[[Fa...]]

Thanks for your answer!

What if I wanted to do a microtaper from this solution? 

 

As long as you have access to the Rx liquid, a microtaper is almost certainly the easiest way to withdraw.

 

It would still be required to diluite it somehow. So, theorically...

I'm a scientist and have access to scientific glassware, even micropipettes, I could just 'borrow' one from the lab...but it isn't needed since the bottle allows you to pick a single drop. It just has to be a diluted drop and I have to move the tip of the bottle on a larger bottle...

 

The solution volume is 10 ml. If I add 10 ml of water it will be diluted so that a drop doesn't equal 0.1 mgs but 0.05 mgs. And I may taper it this way: 0.5 mgs, 0.45 mgs...

But may still be too fast. If I add 90 mls of water it will be 10 times more diluted and a drop should equal 0.01 mgs... and go down with 0.50, 0.49, 0.48...

Is this ridicously low?

 

What's better, in your opinion?

 

The eccipents of the original solution are: sodic saccharin, peach flavour, glacial acetic acid, propylene glycol.

 

P.S. I have five bottles of it (a total of 125 mgs of Klonopin). Each bottle contains 25 mgs. It isn't a problem to get more from my psychiatrist. But I calculated I need just 12,75 mgs to end my taper if I go down of 0.01 every day... 25,5 if I go down of 0.01 every two days and so on... It would take 50 or 100 days.

 

What's the best speed? 

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The right speed is the one that works for you.  The general guidelines are 7-10% every 10-14 days.  Doing a daily taper any folks find they can work  at the quicker end of the scale.

 

Personally, I like dilution ratios that give concentration of .1mg per ml, or .01mg per ml.  It obviously makes the math much simpler.  Because of it high concentration/high potency, IMO, the .01mg per ml ratio probably works better for K.

 

The lab quality equipment really isn't needed.

[[tl...]]

I'm doing a .01mg daily cut and it's working so far (30 days in, down to 1.70mg). Virtually no sxs other than some mild insomnia (it's just a little bit harder to fall asleep). Doing a .01mg daily cut allows for a 7.5% reduction in dose every 2 weeks or 15% every month (give or take 1%). At this rate I should be done in 7 months, give or take a month.