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Lorazepam, sold under the brand name Ativan among others, is a benzodiazepine medication. [14] It is used to treat anxiety (including anxiety disorders ), trouble sleeping , severe agitation , active seizures including status epilepticus , alcohol withdrawal , and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting . [ 14 ]
Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome (BZD withdrawal) is the cluster of signs and symptoms that may emerge when a person who has been taking benzodiazepines as prescribed develops a physical dependence on them and then reduces the dose or stops taking them without a safe taper schedule.
One view is that many of the short-term effects continue into the long-term and may even worsen, and are not resolved after stopping benzodiazepine usage. Another view maintains that cognitive deficits in chronic benzodiazepine users occur only for a short period after the dose, or that the anxiety disorder is the cause of these deficits.
The tables below contain a sample list of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine analogs that are commonly prescribed, with their basic pharmacological characteristics, such as half-life and equivalent doses to other benzodiazepines, also listed, along with their trade names and primary uses.
“I’ve got Ativan here. It’s less addictive.” It had taken me months to get off Ativan, which I had done the year before, using Valium to taper down. For me it has gone: 1985 - 2009 Booze, and occasionally a little cocaine, speed or weed. 2009 - 2010 Baclofen, Ativan, lithium, Wellbutrin, Zoloft, and two or three others with chemical names
Ativan – a benzodiazepine, used to treat anxiety Asendin ( amoxapine ) – an dibenzoxazepine antidepressant Azstarys ( Serdexmethylphenidate / Dexmethylphenidate ) - a long-acting CNS stimulant used to treat ADHD
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