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Lorazepam

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Overview

What is it?

Lorazepam is a medicine used in the treatment of anxiety, epilepsy and convulsions (fits) as well as for sedation and as a premedication for people about to undergo minor surgical operations.

Sought after effects

• Relaxant
• Sedative
• Anti-convulsant (stops fits)

Undesired effects

• Confusion/balance problems/dizziness
• Muscle weakness
• Possible depression

What does it look like?

Small, usually round tablets, often colour-coded; 1mg- white, blue, green or violet/purple, 2.5mg- pink, yellow or orange; as a solution, a colourless liquid (oral- 2mg/ml, injectable- 4mg/ml).

How is it taken?

Orally (the tablets are swallowed); intravenously (injected as a solution); nasally (snorted when ground to a powder)

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