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    • LORAZEPAM (Generic for ATIVAN)

    • QTY 30
    • 1 MG
    • Tablet
    • Near  77381

LORAZEPAM (lor A ze pam) treats anxiety. It works by helping your nervous system calm down. It belongs to a group of medications called benzodiazepines.


LORAZEPAM (Generic for ATIVAN) Lifestyle Interactions

  • Lorazepam 1mg, Oral tablet

    Interaction: Cannabis
    Severity: Major
    Notes for Consumers: Discuss cannabis use with your care team. The effects of your medication may be altered if used with cannabis. Call emergency services right away if you experience slow or shallow breathing, shortness of breath, feeling faint, dizziness, confusion, or trouble staying awake.
    Notes for Professionals: Advise patients to avoid cannabis use while taking CNS depressants due to the risk for additive CNS depression and potential for other cognitive adverse reactions.
  • Lorazepam 1mg, Oral tablet

    Interaction: Alcohol
    Severity: Major
    Notes for Consumers: Do not drink alcohol while taking this medication. Drinking alcohol while taking this medication can cause serious side effects, such as central nervous system (CNS) depression, and can increase the risk of falling. Call emergency services right away if you experience symptoms of CNS depression: slow or shallow breathing, shortness of breath, feeling faint, dizziness, confusion, trouble staying awake.
    Notes for Professionals: Advise patients to avoid alcohol consumption while taking CNS depressants. Alcohol consumption may result in additive CNS depression. Alcohol may also increase drug exposure and the risk for overdose by disrupting extended-release lorazepam capsules.
  • Lorazepam 1mg, Oral tablet

    Interaction: Caffeine-containing Foods/Beverages
    Severity: Mild
    Notes for Consumers: If you are taking medicine to help you sleep, avoid taking Caffeine and Caffeine-containing foods or beverages like colas, coffee, teas, or chocolates within several hours prior to bedtime.
    Notes for Professionals: Patients taking benzodiazepines for insomnia should not use caffeine-containing products prior to going to bed as these products may antagonize the sedative effects of the benzodiazepine.

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