Description

What is Rivotril?

The primary active ingredient in Rivotril 2mg is Clonazepam, which is produced in a dosage of 2 mg. The medication also contains other ingredients, just enough for one tablet.

The drug’s mechanism of action involves inhibiting GABA-mediated postsynaptic transmission. According to a number of animal studies and human EEGs, rivotril’s clonazepam helps epilepsy patients’ overactive brain waves.

How to take Rivotril 2mg?

• Always use Rivotril 2mg as prescribed by your physician. If you are in doubt, consult your doctor.
• Until the perfect dosage is determined for you, your doctor will begin you on a low dose of Rivotril and slowly increase it over the course of two to four weeks.
• Your doctor will typically suggest you to take your daily dosage in three equal parts at evenly spaced periods throughout the day.
• Take the largest dose at bedtime if the daily dose cannot be divided equally.
• After determining the optimal dosage for you, your physician might advise taking Rivotril 2mg all at once in the evening.

Adults and kids older than 12 years:

• 1mg per day, or less, is the common starting dose.
• The normal maximum dosage is 20mg in a day.

Elderly:

• 0.5 mg per day, or less, is the common starting dose.
  
• 20mg is the recommended dosage in a daily basis.

Young children (one to five years old):

• Typically, the starting dosage is as 0.25 mg per day.
• This will be increased ( 1 mg to 3 mg every day).

How to store Rivotril?

• To keep the tablets of Rivotril 2mg safe from light, store them in their original bottle and inside the outer carton.
• Tablets of rivotril don’t require any particular storage situations. 3.Keep this medication out of children’s reach and sight.
• Use this medication only before its expiration date.
• Never dispose of medications in household or wastewater waste. Find out from your pharmacist how to dispose of medications. The environment will be better protected by these actions. Retain just the tablets. If your physician directs you to.

How does this medication work?

• Benzodiazepines are taken to treat anxiety, reduce seizures, and act as a sedative.
• It works by reducing the brain’s nerve activity.
• Never quit taking this medication without first talking to your physician.
• If someone else has the same symptoms as you, avoid giving this drug to them. If a person takes this medication without a prescription from their doctor, it may be harmful.

Contraindications of Rivotril 2mg:

There can be many circumstances that can make 2mg of rivotril contraindicated:

Individuals who have previously experienced hypersensitivity to any of the drug’s benzodiazepine ingredients those suffering from acute glaucoma that closes the angle or liver illness.