RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lorazepam - a benzodiazepine to choose or avoid?
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 61
OP 62
DO 10.1136/dtb.23.16.61
VO 23
IS 16
YR 1985
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/23/16/61.abstract
AB 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.