Diazepam- Psychotherapeutic

Diazepam- Psychotherapeutic- Indications, Dosage, Contraindications, ADRs

Category of Drug Diazepam- Psychotherapeutic is a Psychotherapeutic Drug
Mechanism of Action 
Indications Diazepam- Psychotherapeutic is used for
1. Short-term treatment of anxiety and insomnia
2. Status epilepticus
3. Recurrent seizures
4. Febrile convulsions
5. Adjunct in acute alcohol
withdrawal
6. Premedication
7. Agitation
Well Known
Pharmaceutical Brands
 
Available dosage forms1. TABLETS
2. INJECTION
3. CAPSULES
Dose 
Contraindications1. Respiratory depression
2. Acute pulmonary
insufficiency
3. Sleep apnoea
4. Severe hepatic impairment
5. Myasthenia gravis
3. Hypersensitivity
Precautions1. Respiratory disease
2. Muscle weakness
3. History of alcohol or drug abuse
4. Marked personality
disorder
5. lactation
6. Reduce dose in elderly or debilitated and in hepatic
impairment
7. Renal impairment
8. Avoid prolonged use and
abrupt withdrawal
9. Porphyria
10. Interacons
11. pregnancy
Adverse Effects1. Drowsiness and lightheadedness the next
day
2.confusion and ataxia
3. Amnesia
4. Dependence
5. Paradoxical increase in aggression
Pregnancy Category D

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