| 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 forms | 1. TABLETS 2. INJECTION 3. CAPSULES |
| Dose | |
| Contraindications | 1. Respiratory depression 2. Acute pulmonary insufficiency 3. Sleep apnoea 4. Severe hepatic impairment 5. Myasthenia gravis 3. Hypersensitivity |
| Precautions | 1. 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 Effects | 1. Drowsiness and lightheadedness the next day 2.confusion and ataxia 3. Amnesia 4. Dependence 5. Paradoxical increase in aggression |
| Pregnancy Category | D |
