Sir , my wife who is 42 years old has been administered with epitril .5 as SOS . For about one tablet daily used to work. But the  Doctor has recently prescribed to take two tablets daily . But now even these also stopped working for which she has to take 3/4 tablets daily to reduce her enxity and depression. Please tell me whether increase in dose can cause drug dependent and any other side affects from the same.
Hello and welcome to Chat Doctor. Thanks for your query. Epitril is a brand of Clonazepam - which is a benzodiazepine medication. It has sedative and antianxiety effects. Now, benzodiazepine medication, such as April have a high potential for dependency / addiction. Since your wife has been gradually increasing the dose of April, it is very likely that she has developed what is called" Chat Doctor.  This is one of the signs of dependence. So, I would advise you to take her for a review with her doctor so that this issue can be ad