There are pharmacists who do not use the internet to find further information on drugs. Just like some doctors don't.
http://www.drugcite.com/?q=clonazepam

The real truth about drugs is there for anyone who cares to look.
Just about all medications carry serious tradeoffs. The drug inserts do not often include this information and are pretty old.

The above link shows in graphs FDA reported side effects from clonazepam that were reported thru the Medwatch system. Given that very few doctors ever report anything, this link is very handy to see how the reports actually
sift out that are made.

Medicine has always had toxic and dangerous treatments. Some people today think this is less so, but really they are just disguised better.

Miles Nervine...was a massively popular remedy...that contained bromides. It caused tremendous harm until it was removed from sale. The Miles company was bought out by Bayer eventually and now is quite different.
http://blog.medfriendly.com/2012/05/...itched-to.html

I bet many pharmacists back in Dr. Miles' time suggested Nervine to customers.

Today we have the advantage to have the internet where knowledge can be found if you know where to look that is reputable.

Benefit vs harm is something I believe all patients should be aware of...and be able to choose according to information given to them frankly.