TY - JOUR T1 - Lorazepam - a benzodiazepine to choose or avoid? JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 61 LP - 62 DO - 10.1136/dtb.23.16.61 VL - 23 IS - 16 A2 - , Y1 - 1985/08/12 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/23/16/61.abstract N2 - Lorazepam (Ativan, Almazine) is a widely used benzodiazepine which has now been available for over 10 years.1 Its anxiolytic, sedative and hypnotic properties resemble those of other benzodiazepines,2 but its pharmacokinetic properties differ in ways which affect its clinical use. ER -