|
Share your experience: submit a drug review
Below are Ativan (Lorazepam) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 3 ratings/reviews, Ativan has an overall score of 7.67. The effectiveness score is 10 and the side effect score is 6.67. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Ativan review by 37 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |   |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Anxiety |
| Dosage & duration: | | 2mg taken as needed for the period of as needed |
| Other conditions: | | N/A |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | It really help me to cope with the anxiety |
| Side effects: | | Make you tired. |
| Comments: | | Had to take one when not feeling good. Or if anxiety issue to go to the doctor, take one, one hour prior apt |
|
| | Ativan review by 30 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | anxiety |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1mg at night taken once a day for the period of one weeks |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | It helped relieve anxiety because it made me sleep. I found that prior to taking this medication, I could not sleep and that I was not eating properly. My overall health was suffering. |
| Side effects: | | It made me so sleepy and sluggish that I could not function properly the next day. While it did resolve sleep issues, it led to many other issues. |
| Comments: | | moderate anxiety. |
|
| | Ativan review by 43 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | alcohol withdrawal |
| Dosage & duration: | | .5 mg taken 2x per day for the period of 6 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The medicine alleviated physical symptoms of withdrawal from use of alcohol and significantly decreased anxiety. |
| Side effects: | | The drug created the same cognitive issues and coordination problems as alcohol. Taking it was like having a few glasses of wine. Driving would have been dangerous. |
| Comments: | | The medicine was prescribed upon hospital discharge. Dosage was decreased every two days over six day period. |
| |
|
