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Use for diazepam?
- Acute treatment of seizures
- Muscle spasm
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Dose of Diazepam for muscle twitch?
2-15mg daily upto a max of 60mg
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Councelling for benzos?
this medication may cause drowsiness
avoid alcohol
do not stop taking this medicationi suddenly unless doc tells you to
Use short term only
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Indication for temezapam?
Short term insomnia
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Adverse effects for benzos?
Drowsiness, oversedation, headache, vertigo,
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Dose of temazepam
5-20mg at night
Elderly 5-10mg initially
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Indication for zolpidem?
short term treatment for insomnia
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Precautions of using zolpidem?
elderly, hepatic impairment, pregnancy
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Contradinications of using zolpidem?
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Acute or severe pulmonary insufficiency
- concominant alcohol use
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Adverse effects of zolpiderm?
Diarrhoea
drowsiness, hallucinations
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Dosage of zolpidem?
5-12.5mg before bedtime
if elderly or hepatically impaired, take 5mg before bedtime
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Counselling for zolpidem?
this medication will make you drowsy, may be droswy the next day. avoid operating heavy machinery.
do not take alcohol or other sedating drugs at the same time
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Indications for nitrazepam?
- Infantile spasms
- Myoclonic epilepsy
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dosage of nitrazepam?
0.125-0.5mg/kg twice a day
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Indications for oxazepam?
Anxiety
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Contraindications of benzos?
- respiratory depression
- myasthenia gravis
- severe hepatic disease
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Dose of oxazepam?
7.5mg 3-4 times daily, increasing up to 30mg 3-4 times daily
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