Oct
What are the difference between Lorazepam and Diazepam?
I already know that 1 mg of Lorazepam is equal to 10 mg of Diazepam.
I'm not taking either one. Just curious :]
Answer:
Lorazepam and diazepam are drugs used to treat anxiety. They are in the same benzodiazepine family.
Lorazepam is the generic name for the brand name drug Ativan.
Diazepam is the generic name for the brand name drug Valium.
However, 1mg of lorazepam does not equal 10mg of diazepam. They’re different drugs.They work differently in your body and react differently to other medications you might be taking.
Anxiety is the result of excessive activity of brain nerve cells. Both lorazepam and diazepam are used to treat anxiety but, lorazepam is removed from the blood more rapidly than many other benzodiazepines. This means there is less chance that lorazepam concentrations in blood will reach high levels and become toxic.
Lorazepam also has fewer interactions with other medications than most of the other benzodiazepines.
Answer:
Hypersensitivity to lorazepam or any component of the formulation (cross-sensitivity with other benzodiazepines may exist); acute narrow-angle glaucoma; sleep apnea (parenteral); intra-arterial injection of parenteral formulation; severe respiratory insufficiency (except during mechanical ventilation); pregnancy
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/drugs/lorazepa…
Hypersensitivity to diazepam or any component of the formulation (cross-sensitivity with other benzodiazepines might exist); narrow-angle glaucoma; not for use in children <6 months of age (oral) or <30 days of age (parenteral); pregnancy
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/drugs/diazepam…
Answer:
Ask any pharmacist, drugs are not something you want to ask random, though very intelligent, strangers about. Most large grocery stores have a drug section, ask the person behind the counter. You can not shock them.
They will tell you about body chemistry and how drugs are not equal but it all depends on your body and how it reacts to the chemicals in all drugs, even natural ones.
Be careful.