Diazepam

🧮 Dose calculator

Anxiety and tension · Regimen source: FDA Diazepam · Dosage and Administration

• • By severity. Elderly/debilitated: 2–2.5 mg once or twice daily, increase gradually. FDA Diazepam · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Diazepam · Pregnancy

  “Advise pregnant females that use of diazepam tablets late in pregnancy can result in sedation (respiratory depression, lethargy, hypotonia) and/or withdrawal symptoms (hyperreflexia, irritability, restlessness, tremors, inconsolable crying, and feeding difficulties) in newborns (see WARNINGS: Neonatal Sedation and …”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingDangerous / avoid

  Label: breastfeeding not recommended, or choose between the drug and breastfeeding. FDA Diazepam · Nursing Mothers

  “Because of the potential for serious adverse reaction, including sedation and withdrawal symptoms in breastfed infants, advise patient that breastfeeding is not recommended during treatment with diazepam tablets.”

• 👶 ChildrenContraindicated

  Label: contraindicated in children below a stated age. FDA Diazepam · CONTRAINDICATIONS

  “Diazepam tablets are contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to diazepam and, because of lack of sufficient clinical experience, in pediatric patients under 6 months of age.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Diazepam · Geriatric Use

  “Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor renal function.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.