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2. Lorazepam - Wikipedia

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   A box of Lorazepam Orion (Lorazepam) tablets. 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]

3. Effects of long-term benzodiazepine use - Wikipedia

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   Significant toxicity from benzodiazepines can occur in the elderly as a result of long-term use. [112] Benzodiazepines, along with antihypertensives and drugs affecting the cholinergic system, are the most common cause of drug-induced dementia affecting over 10 percent of patients attending memory clinics.

4. List of benzodiazepines - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] For example, the equivalent dose of diazepam in an elderly individual on lorazepam may be half of what would be expected in a younger individual. [7] [8] Equivalent doses of benzodiazepines differ as much as 20 fold. [9] [10] [11]

5. How to Get These Anxiety Meds From a Doctor - AOL

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   Lorazepam. Sold under the brand name Ativan®, lorazepam is a benzodiazepine used for anxiety in some cases. Oxazepam. As a generic and the brand names drugs Serax and Zaxopam, oxazepam is used to ...

6. Loprazolam - Wikipedia

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   In the elderly a lower dose is recommended due to more pronounced effects and a significant impairment of standing up to 11 hours after dosing of 1 mg of loprazolam. The half-life is much more prolonged in the elderly than in younger patients. A half-life of 19.8 hours has been reported in elderly patients. [4]

7. What everyone should know about roofies, aka 'date rape ... - AOL

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   “Flunitrazepam is a sedative-hypnotic drug in the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines ... Commonly prescribed benzodiazepines in the U.S. are Valium (diazepam) and Ativan (lorazepam), which ...