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What is Lorazepam?

Lorazepam is a benzodiazepine used in the treatment of anxiety disorders. It is used intravenously for status epilepticus. Off label it is used for alcohol detoxification; insomnia; partial complex seizures; agitation; and as an adjunct in antiemetic treatment.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Anxiety	408	99
Insomnia	110	38
Other	97	20
Treat my mood condition(s)	70	11
Panic attacks	49	14
Difficulty sleeping through night	25	6
Stiffness/Spasticity	20	5
Support another treatment	14	5
Anxiety and frustration	11	1
disease-related symptoms	8	1
Social anxiety/phobia	7	2
General health	6	0
Stress	6	2
Depression	6	1
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)	5	0
Treat Parkinson's	4	0
Fibromyalgia	4	1
periods of shortness of breath or breathing hard after almost no activiity	3	0
Nightmares	2	0
Seizures	2	1
Muscle spasms	2	1
Anxiety, depression, stress, fibro and sleep issues	2	1
Fatigue	2	0
Panic/Anger Attack	2	0
Bladder problems	2	0
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)	2	1
Emotional lability	1	0
Nausea	1	0
Anxiety attacks	1	0
Vertigo, nausea, dizzy, off balance	1	0
leg twitching	1	0
Spasticity	1	1
Pain	1	1
Solumedrol induced anxiety	1	0
sensations of fire/heat in arms and legs	1	0
Anger/Irritability	1	1
Fasciculations	1	0
muscle shaking	1	0
mild sense of balance /dizziness	1	0
shaky all over	1	0
Myoclonus	1	1
Headaches	1	0
Sleep Aid	1	0
severe anxiety	1	0
Tremors	1	0
anxiety, tightness in throat	1	0
crying spells	1	1
Sleep problems	1	0
Vertigo	1	0
tremor	1	0
TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint)	1	0
skeletal muscle relaxent	1	0
Sleepiness	1	0
Bipolar Disorder	1	0
increased symptoms due to stress	1	0
To help me sleep.	1	1
insomnia, anxiety, pain	1	0
Slow my MS progress	1	0
Spasms	1	0
Mood swings	1	0
spasticity	1	0
Stiffness	1	0
Cramps, calf muscles	1	0
Self injury or harm	1	0
Muscle Pain	1	0
Excess saliva	1	0
anti anxiety for swallowing/clearing throat problems due to weak throat muscles	1	0

See all 67 reasons taken ▼

See all 784 patients currently taking Lorazepam

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	8	5%
Moderate	30	19%
Mild	51	32%
None	72	45%

Most commonly reported side effects

Drowsiness	52	32%
Sedation	21	13%
Increase in balance difficulties	19	12%
Memory loss (short term)	14	9%
Dizziness	13	8%
Memory Loss	11	7%
Stumbling/difficulty walking	7	4%
Somnolence	6	4%
euphoria	6	4%
Emotional issues	5	3%
Depression	5	3%
Loss of Appetite	4	2%
EXTREMELY DROWSY IN A.M	3	2%
Paranoid	3	2%
Anxiety	2	1%
auditory hallucinations	1	1%
Weight gain	1	1%
Nausea	1	1%
fast hear rate	1	1%
Withdrawal symptoms if dose missed	1	1%
tiredness	1	1%
Apathy	1	1%
Addiction	1	1%
weakness	1	1%
Delusions	1	1%
rebound anxiety the following morning	1	1%
Fatigue	1	1%
Stomach ache	1	1%
Sex drive (libido) decreased	1	1%
unable to drive	1	1%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 30 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lorazepam. See all 61 dosages ►

0.01mg as needed	0.05mg as needed	0.25mg as needed	0.5 0.5mg as needed	0.5 mg as needed	0.5mg as needed	0mg as needed	1000mg as needed	100 mg all the time (24/7)	10mg as needed	1 mg all the time (24/7)	1 mg as needed	1mg as needed	2 0.5mg as needed	20mg as needed	2 1mg as needed	2 2mg as needed	2 2mg/mL as needed	2 mg all the time (24/7)	2 mg as needed	2mg as needed	2mg/mL as needed	30 0.5mg as needed	3 0.5mg as needed	3 1mg as needed	3 1mg daily	3 2mg as needed	4 0.5mg as needed	4 1mg as needed	4 mg as needed	500mg as needed	5mg as needed	6 2mg/mL as needed	as needed	daily	mg as needed	0.5 mg every other week	1 mg weekly	2 mg every other week	0.25 mg daily	0.5 mg daily	0.5 mg one time	4 mg weekly	0.75 mg daily	1 mg daily	1.5 mg daily	2 mg daily	2.5 mg daily	3 mg daily	4 mg daily	5 mg daily	6 mg daily	8 mg daily	10 mg daily	12 mg daily	15 mg daily	20 mg daily	25 mg daily	30 mg daily	40 mg daily	100 mg daily
1	3	3	1	11	141	1	1	1	4	1	5	126	6	1	4	3	3	1	2	13	8	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	5	1	2	4	3	1	2	1	2	59	1	1	1	127	27	90	1	33	38	1	7	5	6	2	1	3	1	1	1	1

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lorazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	50	33%
Doctor's advice	37	25%
Course of treatment ended	27	18%
Did not seem to work	22	15%
Side effects too severe	17	11%
Personal research	5	3%
Not indicated	5	3%
Expense	4	3%

See all 142 patients who’ve stopped taking Lorazepam

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lorazepam

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
8	17	28	101	79	157

Stopped Taking Lorazepam

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
26	25	20	30	18	23

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	97	60%
Usually	37	23%
Sometimes	22	14%
Never	5	3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	3	2%
Somewhat	19	12%
A little	27	17%
Not at all	112	70%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	2	1%
$100-199	1	1%
$50-99	1	1%
$25-49	6	4%
< $25	103	64%

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Patient Evaluations

See all 161 patient evaluations

gardener

Sex: F

Sensation: None

Overall: None

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: none

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gardener

0.5 1mg as needed

since Aug 25, 2008
Efficacy Moderate for Other
Side Effects None
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Hannah Rose

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: mild

Vision: mild

Speech: none

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: mild

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Hannah Rose

2 mg daily

since Aug 30, 2008
Efficacy Slight for Other
Side Effects None
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social worker with MS

Sex: F

Sensation: Mild

Overall: None

Cognition: mild

Vision: mild

Speech: mild

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: mild

Walking: mild

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social worker with MS

1mg as needed

since Sep 04, 2008
Efficacy Major for Other
Side Effects None
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See all 161 patient evaluations

Forum

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Report created on November 20, 2009.

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