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I have been wishing that they would do this very thing for Clonidine. Clonidine helps with my pain, but gives me nightmares, and dries me out terribly, which I don’t need with Sjögren’s in my family. I tried another centrally acting sympatholytic by the trade name of Intuniv, which actually made my pain much worse, so it’s not just the class of drug that helps. I may try to email the team that did this to see if they will do the same for Clonidine.