Racial disparities with PRN medication usage in inpatient psychiatric treatment by Areef S. Kassam, Peter Karalis, Taline Aydinian, Anita Panjwani, Gabriel Martinez, Aaron Whiteman, Magdoline Daas, E. Ann Cunningham

“…Logistic regression was used to examine associations between race and PRN administrations by medication category, including all antipsychotics vs. non-antipsychotics overall, hydroxyzine, and lorazepam, independently. Significant differences in the percentage of administrations between Black and White patients were observed. …”
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Negative myoclonus associated with pregabalin by Kwan-Do Park, Min-Ku Kim, Se-Jin Lee

“…His NM resolved completely and mental status improved gradually after the administration of lorazepam intravenously and the discontinuation of pregabalin. …”
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Optimal Management of Status Epilepticus in Children in the Emergency Setting: A Review of Recent Advances by Messahel S, Bracken L, Appleton R

“…Randomised clinical trial (RCT) evidence supports the use of benzodiazepines as a first-line treatment of which the most common are buccal or intra-nasal midazolam, rectal diazepam and intravenous lorazepam. Alternative drugs, for which there are considerably less RCT data, are intra-muscular midazolam and intravenous clonazepam. …”
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EVOLUCIÓN DEL USO DE MEDICAMENTOS ANSIOLÍTICOS E HIPNÓTICOS EN ESPAÑA DURANTE EL PERÍODO 2000-2011 by Maria Pilar Vicente Sánchez, Diego Macías Saint-Gerons, Diana González Bermejo, Dolores Montero Corominas, Ferrán Catalá-López, César de la Fuente Honrubia

“…En términos relativos, lormetazepam y zolpi- dem fueron los hipnóticos que más incrementaron su uso (103,3% y 85,1%, respectivamente) mientras que lorazepam e hidroxicina lo fueron entre los ansiolíticos (75,1% y 72,8%, respectivamente). …”
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Catatonia in adolescence: an approach to genetic disorders, autism spectrum and delay of diagnosis by N. De Sousa Figueiredo

“…All medical studies were unremarkable. A Lorazepam challenge test (2 mg IV) showed evidence of response. …”
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A systematic review of interventions used to treat catatonic symptoms in people with autistic spectrum disorders. by DeJong, H, Bunton, P, Hare, D

“…There is some limited evidence to support the use of ECT, high dose lorazepam and behavioural interventions for people with autistic catatonia. …”

Rapid symptom control in neuroleptic malignant syndrome with electroconvulsive therapy: A case report by Lauren Katzell, Emily Beydler, Amílcar Silva dos Santos, Amílcar Silva dos Santos, Amílcar Silva dos Santos, Richa Vijayvargiya, Brent R. Carr

“…While this relationship is well-documented, there is less literature regarding comparative efficacy of ECT in the acute treatment of NMS-like states precipitated by withdrawal of dopamine agonists, such as amantadine.CaseWe present a 52-year-old female with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type, with a history of a lorazepam-resistant catatonic episode the prior year that had responded to amantadine. …”
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How and when to use psychotropic drugs in psychodermatology by Sharmishtha S Deshpande, Sanket Bhailume

“…Benzodiazepines such as clonazepam and lorazepam, doxepin, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor like fluoxetine, escitalopram, and low dose of antipsychotics like risperidone, haloperidol, and olanzapine are discussed. …”
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Resistant Catatonia in a 10-year-old Child: A Case Report by Amit Jha

“…In this case report we discuss about a child who was resistant to both lorazepam and electroconvulsive therapy. Resistance to both first-line management is a rare phenomenon. …”
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BENZODIAZEPINAS EN ANCIANOS: A PROPÓSITO DE UN CASO by MARIA JOSE DIAZ GUTIERREZ

“…Dichos fármacos fueron ketazolam y lorazepam, de lo que el paciente tomaba al día 30 mg y 5 mg, respectivamente. …”
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Case of refractory delirious mania responsive to lithium by Manuel Pereira Herrera, Aphrodite Marta Zimmerman

“…We present a case of delirious mania refractory to high doses of lorazepam, several antipsychotics and valproic acid, which responded dramatically to therapy with lithium after 26 days of minimal improvement with the other medications. …”
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Discinesia tardía por uso prolongado de Deanxit (melitraceno/flupentixol) by Viamonte A, Ezquieta MF, Igoa R

“…Tratamiento: está tomando Orfidal (lorazepam) 0-0-2, Metformina 850 mg 1-0-1, Atorvastatina 20 mg 0-0-1, Adiro (ácido acetilsalicílico) 100 mg 0-1-0, Emconcor Cor (bisoprolol) 2,5 mg 1-0-0. …”
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BENZODIAZEPINAS EN ANCIANOS: A PROPÓSITO DE UN CASO by MARIA JOSE DIAZ GUTIERREZ

“…Dichos fármacos fueron ketazolam y lorazepam, de lo que el paciente tomaba al día 30 mg y 5 mg, respectivamente. …”
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Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs on Spontaneous Recurrent Seizures in a Novel Model of Extended Hippocampal Kindling in Mice by Hongmei Song, Hongmei Song, Uilki Tufa, Jonathan Chow, Nila Sivanenthiran, Chloe Cheng, Stellar Lim, Chiping Wu, Jiachun Feng, James H. Eubanks, James H. Eubanks, James H. Eubanks, Liang Zhang, Liang Zhang, Liang Zhang

“…Three antiepileptic drugs with distinct action mechanisms were tested: phenytoin, lorazepam and levetiracetam. They were applied via intra-peritoneal injections at anticonvulsive doses and their effects on the spontaneous recurrent seizures were analyzed 10–12 h post-injection. …”
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GABAPENTIN TREATMENT FOR CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: A CASE REPORT by S. Marini, L. D’Agostino, A. Gentile

“…The patients assumed carbamazepine (modified release) 800 mg/day (blood dosage 6,8 microgram/ml), clonazepam 2,5 mg/ml 15 drops/day, lorazepam 7,5 mg/die. Methods Due to the onset of challenging behaviors risperidone was introduced. …”
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Time is brain: Review of emergency management of status epilepticus in adults by Mamta Madhiyazhagan

“…Benzodiazepines are the recommended first-line treatment based on high-quality evidence, among them intramuscular (IM) midazolam IM was found to be as effective as intravenous lorazepam. However, it is important to understand that speedy drug delivery and adequate initial dose are of prime importance than selection of drug. …”
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Catatonia in Renal Failure and Major Depressive Disorder: A Case Series by Fasesan OA, Alakeji IA

“…Benzodiazepines, especially Lorazepam, are reportedly effective, but reports of other benzodiazepines, Zopiclone and trials of mood stabilisers are documented. …”
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Induction of cognitive impairment by scopolamine and noncholinergic agents in rhesus monkeys. by Rupniak, N, Samson, N, Steventon, M, Iversen, S

“…We have induced a scopolamine-like impairment of spatial delayed response performance in rhesus monkeys using phencyclidine (0.1-0.2 mg/kg i.m.), lorazepam (0.4-0.6 mg/kg s.c.) or tetrahydrocannabinol (1-4 mg/kg p.o.), but not amphetamine (0.1-0.4 mg/kg i.m.), yohimbine (0.1-1.0 mg/kg i.m.) or morphine (2-4 mg/kg i.m.). …”

Is Metabolic Rate Increased in Insomnia Disorder? A Systematic Review by Julia L. Chapman, Julia L. Chapman, Maria Comas, Maria Comas, Camilla M. Hoyos, Camilla M. Hoyos, Delwyn J. Bartlett, Delwyn J. Bartlett, Ronald R. Grunstein, Ronald R. Grunstein, Ronald R. Grunstein, Christopher J. Gordon, Christopher J. Gordon

“…A further study evaluating the effect of lorazepam on oxygen consumption in patients with chronic insomnia showed that lorazepam reduced metabolic rate during the night time only.Conclusions: These findings show that metabolic rate appears to be increased across 24 h in line with the hyperarousal model of insomnia. …”
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Treatment of severe tardive dyskinesia with concurrent administration of olanzapine, clonazepam, baclofen, and gabapentin: a case report by Xiaoling Guo, Jiong Chen, Weixin Wang, Bo Jiang, Bo Liang

“…Following a trial-and-error course of therapy with vitamin E, vitamin B6, amantadine, valproic acid sodium, lorazepam, and diazepam, the drugs were gradually reduced and stopped, yet the aberrant movements persisted. …”
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