Lorazepam (Ativan)

Update: 2025-12-31

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Welcome back! Today we are at the highly prescribed and popular benzodiazepine Lorazepam, also known as Ativan. We look at its uses in psychiatry, especially catatonia. But despite anecdotal efficacy, does the evidence hold up?

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Lorazepam (Ativan)

Dr. Tanner Hewitt, Dr. Larry Wang and Dr. Bradley Miller

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Lorazepam (Ativan)

Dr. Tanner Hewitt, Dr. Larry Wang and Dr. Bradley Miller

Lorazepam (Ativan)