For a year, every night, I took a sleeping pill containing Benztropine. I decided to stop taking sleeping pills and since this was a capsule I could not back down on the dose of it so,I quit cold turkey. Big mistake! An hour later I started having terrible withdrawal symptom and I do mean terrible. The doctor advised me to resume taking it and she would send me a type of pill that would allow gr...
Jwald | 75 or over | Male | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
3/10/2014
Condition: Other
Overall rating 1.0
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For a year, every night, I took a sleeping pill containing Benztropine. I decided to stop taking sleeping pills and since this was a capsule I could not back down on the dose of it so,I quit cold turkey. Big mistake! An hour later I started having terrible withdrawal symptom and I do mean terrible. The doctor advised me to resume taking it and she would send me a type of pill that would allow gradual reduction. Please, do not take any medicine containing Benztropine.
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ooooftababy | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/3/2008
Condition: Extrapyramidal Reaction
Overall rating 4.0
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trouble swallowing
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ooooftababy | 35-44 | Female | Patient
12/3/2008
Condition: Other
Overall rating 3.0
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this medication helps me not to have severely difficulty swallowing.
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