Medication treatment for fear of heights (acrophobia) and other specific phobias is only prescribed as an adjunct to exposure therapy.
Benzodiazepines such as clonazepam (Klonopin) can be used on a short-term basis when people with acrophobia are being treated with exposure therapy. Benzodiazepines can reduce the anticipatory anxiety and phobic anxiety that arises during the exposure session.
Another adjunctive treatment to exposure therapy for acrophoba is D-cycloserine. D-cycloserine helps to facilitate the extinction of fear during the exposure sessions.
