Crankinit
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I used to take clonazepam I got off a friend occasionally (2mg tablets divided into 4 sections), always took it sublingually, they dissolved almost instantly, then I'd hold them in my mouth for 10 -15 minutes and I would start feeling it within 20 minutes, it would kick in over the next hour or so. Never had a problem.
Lately I've started using them again, from a different source, the same dose, pills are the same size, shape, color and division, except I believe they're a different brand (they have markings on the back, which the old pills didn't, are shinier and harder, have a much weaker minty taste and I was told they were ''roche brand'' - which leaves me thinking the old pills were generics).
Problem is that they take longer to dissolve under the tongue, longer to kick in, don't seem to work as well - especially if I have a full stomach. To compare, I took 6mg yesterday at lunch about 20 minutes after eating, and the effects were weaker than the 3mg I took this morning an hour before breakfast.
I'm wondering if I'm wasting my time using these pillls sublingually, and wouldn't be better off just eating them on an empty stomach. Whether maybe this particular brand for whatever reason doesn't work well sublingually and the effect I'm getting is from swallowing them after they've been under my tongue a while (accounting for the difference between dosing on full v. empty stomach).
Does anyone have any info on the BA and speed of onset for clonazepam sublingual v. oral? Or any thoughts/anecdotes on the comparison, especially taking into account generic v. brand name? Literally everyone I know takes them sublingually, so it's not something that's ever come up. I assume they have the same 90% + oral BA as most benzos.
Lately I've started using them again, from a different source, the same dose, pills are the same size, shape, color and division, except I believe they're a different brand (they have markings on the back, which the old pills didn't, are shinier and harder, have a much weaker minty taste and I was told they were ''roche brand'' - which leaves me thinking the old pills were generics).
Problem is that they take longer to dissolve under the tongue, longer to kick in, don't seem to work as well - especially if I have a full stomach. To compare, I took 6mg yesterday at lunch about 20 minutes after eating, and the effects were weaker than the 3mg I took this morning an hour before breakfast.
I'm wondering if I'm wasting my time using these pillls sublingually, and wouldn't be better off just eating them on an empty stomach. Whether maybe this particular brand for whatever reason doesn't work well sublingually and the effect I'm getting is from swallowing them after they've been under my tongue a while (accounting for the difference between dosing on full v. empty stomach).
Does anyone have any info on the BA and speed of onset for clonazepam sublingual v. oral? Or any thoughts/anecdotes on the comparison, especially taking into account generic v. brand name? Literally everyone I know takes them sublingually, so it's not something that's ever come up. I assume they have the same 90% + oral BA as most benzos.