Ativan is an anti-anxiety agent ( benzodiazepines, mild tranquilizer ) prescribed for the relief of anxiety, agitation, irritability, to relieve insomnia, to calm people with mania / schizophrenia, and intravenously as a sedative and nervous tension or prior to surgery to relief the anxiety. Anxiety and tension associated with the stresses of everyday life usually do not require treatment with Ativan. Ativan has less of an effect on the liver then other benzodiazepines, making it better suited if you are taking birth control pills, anti-abuse drugs, propranolol, ulcer medications, or any other drug that effects the liver. Ativan is also used in the prevention of severe alcohol withdraw symptoms ( Delirium Tremens, DTs ), to treat serial seizures in children by placing it under the tongue, to promote amnesia, or in patients who are undergoing chemotherapy and have severe vomiting.

Ativan Dosage

Dosages of Ativan must be individualized and carefully monitored in order to avoid excessive sedation or mental and motor impairment. As with other anxiolytic sedatives, short courses of treatment should usually be the rule for the symptomatic relief of disabling anxiety in psychoneurotic patients and the initial course of treatment should not last longer than 1 week without reassessment of the need for a limited extension. Initially, not more than 1 week's supply of Ativan should be provided and automatic prescription renewals should not be allowed. Subsequent prescriptions, when required, should be limited to short courses of therapy.

Ativan Tables:
0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2mg.

Sublingual Ativan Tables:
0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2mg.

Oral Ativan Solution:
2 mg per ml.

Ativan Injection:
2 mg per ml, 4mg per ml.