Newer Sedative Might Help Patients on Ventilators
...in an unnecessary fog. Now, researchers report that by substituting a newer medication, dexmedetomidine (Precedex), for the more commonly used lorazepam (Ativan), doctors could reduce the amount of time patients experience delirium and coma. They also found a reduction in the length of time on...
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FDA approves Zyprexa IntraMuscular for faster control of acute agitation
...-- but not with Zyprexa IntraMuscular -- included tremors, muscle spasms, indigestion and blurred vision. Zyprexa IntraMuscular was compared to lorazepam (Ativan) intramuscular and to placebo in the study involving agitated patients with bipolar mania. Lorazepam, which is an antianxiety, sedative...
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Amarin Reports Top-Line Results of two Phase III Studies of Miraxion in Huntington's Disease
...oral formulation of apomorphine to treat the 'off' episodes in advanced Parkinson's disease patients, our recently in-licensed nasal formulation of lorazepam for the out-patient treatment of emergency seizures in epilepsy patients and our proprietary combinatorial lipid pre-clinical program in CNS...
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Off-label use: Oft not evidence based
...was higher among physicians who had prescribed the drug for that indication. For example, 26% of all physician respondents erroneously believed that lorazepam was FDA approved for chronic anxiety. That figure rose to 33% for physicians who had prescribed lorazepam for chronic anxiety. And 13% of all...
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See also: Anxiety, Cervical Dystonia, Dysautonomia, ICU Agitation, Insomnia, Light Anesthesia, Nausea/Vomiting, Nausea/Vomiting, Chemotherapy Induced, Sedation, Status Epilepticus

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