DEPAKOTE prescription and dosage sizes information for physicians and healthcare professionals. Pharmacology, adverse reactions, warnings and side effects. Clonazepam Tablets USP, a benzodiazepine, is available as scored tablets containing 0.5 mg of Clonazepam and unscored tablets containing 1 mg or 2 mg of Clonazepam. Clonazepam is used widely in treating anxiety and depression. But most of the people don't know how Clonazepam acts and why it is beneficial for anxiety and depressed patients. We have given some idea about the depression and its treatment. The symptoms of anxiety vary for each person, based on the specific anxiety disorder a person has. However, all anxiety disorders are linked together by common symptoms, including excessive, irrational fear and dread. Clonazepam has many side effects. The most common ones in people treated for seizures are drowsiness, ataxia (a type of clumsiness), and behavior changes. When did the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve the medication? Clonazepam, the generic version of Klonopin, was first approved by the FDA in 1998. Side Effects. Drug information provided by: IBM Micromedex. Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention. Benzodiazepines (BZD, BDZ, BZs), sometimes called benzos , are a class of psychoactive drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring. Professional guide for ClonazePAM. Includes: pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, contraindications, interactions, adverse reactions and more. Posology. The 0.5mg/5ml oral solution facilitates the administration of lower daily doses in the initial stages of treatment. The 2mg/5ml solution should be used for maintenance and maximum dosage regimens.