Valium 10mg
Valium 10 mg
Valium 10 mg is mainly used to treat anxiety, insomnia, and symptoms of acute alcohol or opiate withdrawal. It is also used as a premedication for inducing sedation, anxiolysis or amnesia before certain medical procedures (e.g., endoscopy).
Intravenous Valium 10 mg or lorazepam are first line treatments for status epilepticus. Valium 10 mg is rarely used for the long-term treatment of epilepsy because tolerance to the anticonvulsant effects of Valium 10 mg usually develops within 6 to 12 months of treatment, effectively rendering it useless for this purpose.
Valium 10 mg has a broad spectrum of indications (most of which are off-label), including:
* Treatment of anxiety, panic attacks, and states of agitation
* Adjunctive treatment of other forms of epilepsy
* Treatment of neurovegetative symptoms associated with vertigo
* Treatment of the symptoms of alcohol, opiate and benzodiazepine withdrawal
* Short-term treatment of insomnia
* Treatment of tetanus, together with other measures of intensive-treatment
* Adjunctive treatment of spastic muscular paresis (para-/tetraplegia) caused by cerebral or spinal cord conditions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury (long-term treatment is coupled with other rehabilitative measures)
* Palliative treatment of stiff person syndrome
* Pre-/postoperative sedation, anxiolysis and/or amnesia (e.g., before endoscopic or surgical procedures)[9]
* Treatment of overdosage with hallucinogens or CNS stimulants
* Adjunctive treatment of drug-induced seizures, resulting from exposure to sarin, VX, soman (or other organophosphate poisons; See #CANA), lindane, chloroquine, physostigmine, or pyrethroids
* Emergency treatment of eclampsia, along with IV magnesium sulfate
* Prophylactic treatment of oxygen toxicity during hyperbaric oxygen therapy
* Used in the treatment for irritable bowel syndrome
* Used to treat pain resulting from muscle spasms caused by various dystonias, including blepharospasm
Valium 10 mg Dosage
Dosages should be determined on an individual basis, depending upon the condition to be treated, the severity of symptoms, the body weight of the patient, and any comorbid conditions the patient may have.