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Lorazepam (Ativan) Pharmacology Podcast

Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals

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IV laryzopam can help with management of status epilepticus or an acute seizure type situation. The dosing that I typically see is usually no more than 1 milligram at a time, but it's more like 0.25 to 0.5 milligram. One thing to note about the IV formulation or the injectable formulation is some of them may have polyethylene glycol. That can cause some toxicity if a patient gets too much of that in their system.

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