Lorazepam (Ativan) Flashcards
Lorazepam (Ativan)
Name/Class: LORAZEPAM (Ativan)/Sedative
Description: Lorazepam is the most potent benzodiazepine available. It has strong antianxiety, sedative, hypnotic, and skeletal muscle relaxant properties, and a relatively short half-life.
Indications: Sedation for cardioversion and status epilepticus.
Contraindications: Sensitivity to benzodiazepines.
Precautions: Narrow-angle glaucoma, depression or psychosis, coma, shock, acute alcohol intoxication, renal or hepatic impairment, organic brain syndrome, myasthenia gravis, GI disorders, elderly, debilitated, limited pulmonary reserve.
Dosage/Route: Sedation: 2 to 4 mg IM, 0.5 to 2 mg IV.
Pedi: 0.03 to 0.5 mg/kg IV/IM/PR up to 4 mg.
Status epilepticus: 2 mg slow IV/PR (2 mg/min).
Pedi: 0.1 mg/kg slow IV/PR (2 to 5 min).
