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Lorazepam Treatment Report
Brand Names:
APO-Lorazepam, Ativan
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.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons taken
784 patients in the community are taking or have taken Lorazepam.
Other treatments patients are taking for disease-related symptoms include Alprazolam, Clonazepam, and Escitalopram.
| 0.01mg as needed | 0.05mg as needed | 0.25mg 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 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 mg as needed | 500mg as needed | 5mg as needed | as needed | daily | mg as needed | 0.5 mg every other week | 1 mg weekly | 0.25 mg daily | 0.5 mg daily | 0.5 mg one time | 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 | 7 mg daily | 8 mg daily | 10 mg daily | 12 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 20 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 40 mg daily | 100 mg daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Lorazepam or how long patients were taking Lorazepam before stopping.
Currently Taking Lorazepam
Stopped Taking Lorazepam
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 126 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 50% | 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 30% | 6 |
| Slight | 10% | 2 |
| Can't tell | 10% | 2 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 4% | 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 21% | 27 |
| Mild | 30% | 38 |
| None | 44% | 56 |
Top reported side-effects include: Drowsiness, Sedation, Increase in balance difficulties
Summary results are based on 126 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 126)
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- gardener
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
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by gardener
Aug 25, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- mammananny
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
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by mammananny
Aug 29, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on July 04, 2009.