ATIVAN 1mg Price

Overview

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This medicine contains an important and useful components, as it consists of Lorazepam.
ATIVAN 1mg is available in the market in concentration 1mg/Tablet and in the form of Tablets.

WYETH-PHARMA GmbH is the producer of ATIVAN 1mg and it is imported from GERMANY, The most popular alternatives of ATIVAN 1mg are listed downward .

Mode Of Action

Lorazepam is a short acting benzodiazepine. It increases neuronal membrane permeability to Cl ions by binding to stereospecific benzodiazepine receptors on the postsynaptic GABA neuron w/in the CNS (including the limbic system, reticular formation) and enhancing the GABA inhibitory effects resulting in hyperpolarisation and stabilisation.

Indication

• Anxiety
• Status epilepticus
• Sedation
• psychosomatic
• organic or psychotic illness
• insomnia associated with anxiety
• nervousness
• restlessness
• nausea and vomiting related to chemotherapy and anticonvulsants
• and as a premedicant before dental or general surgery or prior to investigative procedures where there may be discomfort.

Precaution

Patient w/ compromised pulmonary function (decreased reserve), myasthenia gravis, CV or cerebrovascular disease, impaired gag reflex; at risk of falls. Patient w/ history of alcohol or drug abuse and those w/ personality disorders. Not intended for treatment of primary depressive or psychotic disorders. It should not be administered by intra-arterial inj. Avoid abrupt withdrawal. Renal and mild to moderate hepatic impairment. Elderly or debilitated patients, childn. Pregnancy and lactation. Patient Counselling May impair ability to perform activities requiring mental alertness or physical coordination (e.g. driving, operating machinery) for 24-48 hr following admin of the drug. Monitoring Parameters Monitor resp and CV status, BP, heart rate, symptoms of anxiety, CBC and LFTs. Lactation: Excreted in human breast milk; not recommended

Side Effects

• Sedation
• drowsiness
• ataxia
• dizziness
• confusion
• depression
• unmasking of depression
• hypotension
• fatigue
• muscle weakness
• asthenia
• transient anterograde amnesia or memory impairment
• changes in vital signs (e.g. resp rate
• BP). Thrombocytopenia
• agranulocytosis
• pancytopenia
• hyponatraemia
• disinhibition
• euphoria
• suicidal ideation
• nausea
• constipation
• change in libido
• impotence
• decreased orgasm. Increase in bilirubin
• liver transaminases or alkaline phosphatase. Potentially Fatal: Resp depression.

Contra indication

Severe hepatic impairment; respiratory depression; acute narrow-angle glaucoma; pregnancy and lactation.

Pregnancy and lactation

Pregnancy category: D

There is positive evidence of human fetal risk based on adverse reaction data from investigational or marketing experience or studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential risks.