| Category of Drug | Diazepam is a Anconvulsants/Anepilepcs drug |
| Mechanism of Action | |
| Indications | Diazepam is used for 1. Status epilepsy 2. Emergency management of recurrent seizures 3. Febrile convulsions 4. Seizures associated with poisoning and medicine withdrawal 5. Adjunct in acute alcohol withdrawal 6. Premedication 7. Anxiety disorders |
| Well Known Pharmaceutical Brands | |
| Available dosage forms | 1. TABLETS 2. CAPSULE 3. SUSPENSION 4. INJECTION |
| Dose | |
| Contraindications | 1. Respiratory depression 2. Acute pulmonary insufficiency 3. Sleep apnoea 4. Severe hepatic impairment 5. Myasthenia gravis 6. avoid injections containing benzyl alcohol in neonates 7. narrow angle glaucoma 8. hypersensitivity to benzodiazepine. |
| Precautions | 1. Respiratory disease 2. muscle weakness 3. History of alcohol or drug abuse 4. Marked personality disorder 5. Pregnancy 6. Lactation 7. Reduce dose in elderly or debilitated patients and in hepatic impairment 8. Renal impairment 9. Avoid prolonged use and abrupt withdrawal when given intravenously, |
| Adverse Effects | 1. Drowsiness and lightheadedness the next day 2. Confusion and ataxia 3. Amnesia 4. Dependence 5. muscle weakness 6. occasionally headache 7. vertigo 8. Salivation changes 9. Gastrointestinal disturbances 10. Skin reactions 11. Visual disturbances, |
| Pregnancy Category | D |
