Using 80ml screw top jar for tapering >> Is this OK?

1 80 ml screw top jar, milk titration - 3 X .5mg clonazepam pills - (New milk batch every day)

Step 1 - 1.5mg (3 X .5mg pills) dissolved in 80 ml milk - Reduce ~5 ml milk per cut every 7-10 days, and continue down to 66.6 ml left - The 66.66 ml of milk will

            now  contain 1 mg of clonazepam.

Step 2 - For this step, #2 stop using 3 pills, use 2 pills instead and increase milk back to 80 ml - Reduce ~5 ml per cut every 7-10 days and continue titration down to 50

            ml milk this time. The 50 ml milk remaining once Step 2 is complete would now contain the equivalent of .5 mg

Step 3 - Stop using 2 pills, use a single pill and increase liquid back to 80 ml - reduce ~ 5 ml per cut and continue to the end, 0 ml.

For math, I think this would equal

Step1 - .01875  (1.5 / 80 = .01875)

Step2 - .0125 (1.0mg / 80 = .0125)

Step3 - .00625 (.5mg / 80 = .00625)

So the % of clonazepam would drop with each of the 3 steps, which seems like a good idea. It sounds complicated but it's simple.

Any comments are appreciated. 

R

Yeah? I was thinking that:

1) - I'd be saving pills as I am prescibed 3X.5 mg - In case I needed them to up-dose or who knows what

2) - The % K cut would get lower through the stages, with stage 3 having .5 mg diluted in 80 ml, this seems like a good idea since the last .5 mg is difficult

3) - Simplifies the whole titration plan, makes sense and is easy to manage

R

1 80 ml screw top jar, milk titration - 3 X .5mg clonazepam pills[/b] - (New milk batch every day)

 

Step 1 - 1.5mg (3 X .5mg pills) dissolved in 80 ml milk - Reduce ~5 ml milk per cut every 7-10 days, and continue down to 66.6 ml left - The 66.66 ml of milk will

            now  contain 1 mg of clonazepam.

Step 2 - For this step, #2 stop using 3 pills, use 2 pills instead and increase milk back to 80 ml - Reduce ~5 ml per cut every 7-10 days and continue titration down to 50

            ml milk this time. The 50 ml milk remaining once Step 2 is complete would now contain the equivalent of .5 mg

                       

Step 3 - Stop using 2 pills, use a single pill and increase liquid back to 80 ml - reduce ~ 5 ml per cut and continue to the end, 0 ml.

 

For math, I think this would equal

 

Step1 - .01875  (1.5 / 80 = .01875)

Step2 - .0125 (1.0mg / 80 = .0125)

Step3 - .00625 (.5mg / 80 = .00625)

 

So the % of clonazepam would drop with each of the 3 steps, which seems like a good idea. It sounds complicated but it's simple.

 

Any comments are appreciated. 

 

R

Hi robblywobbly-

You may want to recheck your math. If each ml = .01875mg then 66.66ml x .01875= 1.249mg (54 x .01875 = 1.0125mg)

Step 1 - 1.5mg (3 X .5mg pills) dissolved in 80 ml milk - Reduce ~5 ml milk per cut every 7-10 days, and continue down to 66.6 ml left - The 66.66 ml of milk will

            now  contain 1 mg of clonazepam.

Step1- 1.5mg (3 X .5mg pills) dissolved in 80 ml milk - Reduce ~5 ml milk per cut every 7-10 days, and continue down to 54ml left - The 54ml of milk will now contain 1 mg of clonazepam.

Step 2 - For this step, #2 stop using 3 pills, use 2 pills instead and increase milk back to 80 ml - Reduce ~5 ml per cut every 7-10 days and continue titration down to 50

            ml milk this time. The 50 ml milk remaining once Step 2 is complete would now contain the equivalent of .5 mg

For this step, #2 stop using 3 pills, use 2 pills instead and increase milk back to 80 ml - Reduce ~5 ml per cut every 7-10 days and continue titration down to 40 ml milk this time. The 40 ml milk remaining once Step 2 is complete would now contain the equivalent of .5 mg

Thanks Bella! The problem is that I was mixing 100 ml jar/container logic with 80 ml jar/container logic. Duh. 

Should be this right?

(1) - Using 80 ml jar, reduce to 53.33 or 1/3 of 80 ml - Equals 1.0 mg K left in the jar

(2) - Using 2 pills now, in 80 ml jar, start again with 80 ml milk, and titrate down to 40 ml milk - Now equals .5 mg left in jar

(3) - Using .5 pill, start again with 80 ml milk, and reduce ml of milk down to zero

My thought was that with each concurrent step, the % K per ml drops, making for a more manageable taper. It's easy to do (if you get the math right!  )

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And do you know what, I think my bad math killed my taper in 2017. When I thought that I was at .5mg, I think I may have been lower because I was thinking 1/3 was 33.33, but I was using the 80 ml jar and 1/3 is actually 26.67 - I titrated beginning February 1 of last year, and had cut to 1 mg on April 1st, total ml cut was 26 ml.

3 months for .5 mg Doesn't seem too fast. Or does it.

Thanks again!

R

Hey robwobbly-

Give it a try!

Try not to sweat the error....we all can easily screw up our math calculations .,,I've done it many times! This nice thing is that when one posts their taper plans it can be scrutinized & corrected.  If there is error chances are good it may be found

Wishing you a smooth taper & quick recovery!