Lɛ wi lan bɔt di Lorazepam injɛkshɔn. Yu tink se yusɛf go nid dis?

Sɔntɛnde, wi kin gɛt big fit wantɛm wantɛm, ɔ wi kin rili fred ɛn wɔri, lɛk bifo dɛn du big ɔpreshɔn, nɔto so? Sɔntɛm dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi bɔt wan mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl `Lorazepam`. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis mɛrɛsin, we dɛn kin gi bɔku tɛm as injɛkshɔn, fɔ ɛp insay dɛn kayn tɛm ya. Natin nɔ de fɔ fred, lɛ wi ɔndastand ɔltin simpul wan.

Wetin na Lorazepam? Wetin i de du?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Lorazepam na drɔg we de mek yu nervɔs sistɛm kol ɛn ridyus di wok we i de du. I de pan wan klas ɔf drɔgs we dɛn kɔl ``Benzodiazepines.'' Yu kin sabi am ɔnda di brand nem ``Ativan.''

Naw luk, dɛn kin yuz dis mɔ pan tu tin dɛn:

1. Kɔntrol di sik we de mek pɔsin sik: If di sik kin kɔntinyu fɔ kam, ɔ if i at fɔ stɔp di sik, dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi yu dis mɛrɛsin.

2. Ridyus Anxiety: Dɛn kin yuz dis fɔ ridyus wɔri ɛn strɛs, mɔ bifo dɛn du ɔpreshɔn. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin gi am bifo ɔda mɛrɛsin tɛst.

dis mεdisin de wok bay we i de afekt di aktiviti fכ sכm kεmikכl dεm na di bren (fכ bi prεsis, ``Nyurotransmitta dεm'') εn i de slo di nεv sεstem. Na dat mek dɛn kin kɔntrol tin dɛn lɛk wɔri ɛn fit. Yu ɔndastand?

Wetin na di tin dɛm we a nid fɔ tɛl di dɔktɔ bifo a yuz dis mɛrɛsin?

Dis rili impɔtant . Bifo yu gi yu Lorazepam, i impɔtant fɔ mek yu dɔktɔ no gud gud wan bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi kɔndishɔn. Bikɔs, pipul dɛn we gɛt sɔm sik dɛn nid fɔ rili tek tɛm we dɛn de gi dɛn dis mɛrɛsin, ɔ i nɔ go fayn fɔ dɛn.

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya, i go rili fayn fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ .

• Glaucoma kondishɔn: If yu gɛt glaucoma, we na wan sik we de mek yu yay prɛshɔn go ɔp, yu fɔ tɔk bɔt am.
• If yu dɔn ɛva gɛt adikshɔn to drɔgs ɔ rɔm: If yu dɔn ɛva yuz drɔgs ɔ yu dɔn adikshɔn to rɔm, i rili impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt am, bikɔs di tin dɛn we dɛn tin ya kin du kin chenj wit dis mɛrɛsin.
• Kidni sik: If yu kidni nɔ de wok fayn, dis mɛrɛsin kin afɛkt di we aw i de kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi. So if yu gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm wit yu kidni, tɛl yu dɔktɔ.
• Liva sik: If di liva nɔ de wok fayn, dat go afɛkt bak di tɛm we dis mɛrɛsin de tek na di bɔdi. So wi nid fɔ tɔk bɔt dat bak.
• Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin na di lɔng ɔ fɔ blo:If yu gɛt lɔng sik lɛk asma ɔ ɛni ɔda prɔblɛm we yu de blo, tɛl yu dɔktɔ, bikɔs sɔm tɛm dis mɛrɛsin kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo smɔl.
• Mental sik: If yu de sɔfa wit ɔda mental sik (e.g. pwɛl hat), tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt dat bak.
• Myasthenia Gravis: Dis na sik we de mek di mɔsul dɛn wik. Yu fɔ tek tɛm yuz lorazepam pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis sik.
• Pakinsin sik: If yu gɛt dis sik, tɛl wi bɔt am bak.
• Tin dɛn we pɔsin kin tink ɔ tray fɔ kil insɛf: If yu ɔ sɔmbɔdi na yu famili dɔn ɛva tink bɔt fɔ kil insɛf ɔ tray fɔ kil insɛf, i impɔtant fɔ tɛl am . Sɔntɛnde, dis mɛrɛsin kin mek dɛn kayn tin ya wɔs.
• If yu gɛt alɛji to Lorazepam ɔ ɔda mɛrɛsin, it, day, ɔ prɛzɛvɛtiv: Tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu dɔn gɛt alɛji fɔ dis mɛrɛsin trade, ɔ if yu alɛji to ɛni ɔda tin.
• If yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu de tray fɔ gɛt bɛlɛ: Dis rili impɔtant. Yu dɔktɔ fɔ disayd if i fɔ gi yu dis mɛrɛsin we yu gɛt bɛlɛ.
• If yu na mama we de gi pikin in mama in bɛlɛ: Dis mɛrɛsin kin pas to yu pikin tru in mama in milk. So, if yu de gi pikin in mama in bɛlɛ, yu fɔ tɔk bɔt dat bak.

Mɛmba se na fɔ yu yon sef fɔ tɛl di dɔktɔ ɛn nɔ ayd dɛn tin ya.

Aw yu kin yuz dis mɛrɛsin?

Lorazepam nɔto mɛrɛsin we yu kin tek go na os. Dɛn kin gi am as injɛkshɔn . Dɛn kin injekt am na wan mɔsul ɔ insay wan vein . Dɛn kin gi am na ɔspitul ɔ klinik ɔnda dɔktɔ in sɔpɔtishɔn.

Dɛn fɔ tek tɛm spɛshal we dɛn de gi dis mɛrɛsin to yɔŋ pikin dɛn . Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen dis to yu.

Wetin fɔ du if yu tek bɔku tin? (Ovadosage) .

Bikɔs dɛn kin gi dis na ɔspitul, nid nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt ɔvados. Bɔt if yu tink se yu dɔn tek di mɛrɛsin pasmak, yu fɔ go to pɔyzin kɔntrol sɛnta ɔ imejensi rum wantɛm wantɛm .

Impɔtant: Dis mɛrɛsin na fɔ yu nɔmɔ. Nɔ ɛva sheb dis mɛrɛsin wit ɔda pɔsin.

Wetin a go du if a mis wan doz?

Bikɔs dɛn kin gi dis mɛrɛsin ɔnda dɔktɔ in sɔpɔtishɔn, fɔ mis wan doz nɔ impɔtant.

Ɛni ɔda mɛrɛsin de we a nɔ fɔ yuz wit Lorazepam, ɔ we a fɔ tek tɛm wit?

Yɛs, dis na pɔynt bak we rili impɔtant. If yu de yuz ɔda mɛrɛsin, i rili impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt am. Bikɔs sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn kin mek bad bad tin apin (intarakshɔn) we dɛn put dɛn togɛda wit Lorazepam.

Nɔ ɛva tek Lorazepam wit dɛn mɛrɛsin ya:

• Sɔm nakotik mɛrɛsin dɛn fɔ kɔf
• Sɔdiɔm ɔksijɛt

Lorazepam kin intarakt wit dɛn mɛrɛsin ya, so mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu de tek dɛn:

• Rɔm: If yu tek dis mɛrɛsin wit rɔm, i kin mek yu slip, yu ed kin tɔn, ɛn i kin at fɔ blo.
• Antihistamin fɔ alɛji, kɔf, ɛn kol: If yu tek dɛn tin ya, dat kin mek bak yu slip mɔ.
• Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn fɔ wɔri ɔ fɔ slip
• Sɔm mɛrɛsin fɔ pwɛl hat: Fɔ ɛgzampul, mɛrɛsin lɛk `Amitriptyline`, `Fluoxetine`, `Sertraline`.
• Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛm we dɛn kin gi fɔ fit: Fɔ ɛgzampul, mɛrɛsin dɛm lɛk `Carbamazepine`, `Phenobarbital`, `Phenytoin`, `Primidone`.
• Jɛnɛral anestetik: Ɛgzampul dɛn na `Lidocaine`, `Pramoxine`, `Tetracaine`.
• MAOI mεdikeshכn dεm: εgzampl dεm na `Carbex`, `Eldepryl`, `Marplan`, `Nardil`, εn `Parnate`.
• Mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek di mɔsul dɛn rilaks fɔ ɔpreshɔn
• Nakotik mɛrɛsin fɔ pen
• Fɛnotiazin dɛn: Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na Klɔrpromazin, Mɛsɔridazin, Prɔklɔrpɛrazin, ɛn Tioridazin.

Dis list nɔ kin gɛt ɔl di mɛrɛsin dɛn. So, tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɔl di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek (inklud vaytamɛn, ɛbul mɛrɛsin, ɛn sɔpɔtmɛnt), ɛn if yu de smok, drink rɔm, ɔ yuz ɔda drɔgs. Sɔm tin kin miks wit yu mɛrɛsin.

Wetin a fɔ tek tɛm we a de tek dis mɛrɛsin?

We yu de tek Lorazepam, i fayn fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to di chenj dɛn we de apin na yu bɔdi.

• If yu sik (e.g., fit, nɔr de rεst) nɔr de bɛtɛ, ɔr if i tan lɛk se dɛn de wɔs , tɛl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• To yuYu kin fil lɛk se yu de slip ɔ yu kin gɛt diziz. Nɔ drayv, yuz mashin, ɔ du ɛni ɔda tin we nid fɔ de wach te yu no gud gud wan aw dis mɛrɛsin de afɛkt yu.
• Nɔ tinap ɔ sidɔm wantɛm wantɛm. Dis go mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku chans fɔ gɛt diziz ɛn fɔdɔm, mɔ if yu dɔn ol.
• Nɔ yuz rɔm. Rɔm kin chenj di tin dɛn we dis mɛrɛsin kin du ɛn i kin mek di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn bɔku.
• If yu de tek ɔda mɛrɛsin wae de mek yu slip (fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔm kɔf mɛrɛsin, alɛji mɛrɛsin), yu kin slip mɔr. So tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɔl di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek. Na di kayn mɛrɛsin nɔmɔ we yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek. Nɔ ɛva tek mɔ mɛrɛsin pas aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek.
• If i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ blo ɔ yu fil se yu de slip we nɔ kɔmɔn , kɔl di imejensi savis wantɛm wantɛm.

Wetin na di bad tin dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin?

Lɛk ɛni mɛrɛsin, Lorazepam kin mek sɔm sayd ɛfɛkt. Bɔt, nɔto ɔlman kin gɛt dɛn. Na sɔm pipul dɛn nɔmɔ kin gɛt dɛn.

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn bad bad tin ya, tɛl yu dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan:

• Alɛji riakshɔn: skin de rɔsh, it, ayv, swel na yu fes, lip, tɔng, ɔ trot. If dis apin, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• Sεntri nεv sεstem dεpreshכn (CNS dεpreshכn): I de blo sloslo כ shalo, i kin at fכ brith, fεnt, diziz, kכnfyushכn, i kin at fכ de wek.
• Tin fɔ tink bɔt fɔ kil yusɛf ɔr fɔ du bad to yusɛf: yu de fil bad, yu de fil bad pasmak. If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya, tɛl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn sayd ɛfɛkt ya nɔ kin denja, bɔt if dɛn kɔntinyu ɔ dɛn kin mɔna yu, tɛl yu dɔktɔ:

• Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Di we aw pɔsin kin slip
• Ed de at
• Vɔmit
• Fɔ vɔmit

Dis list nɔ kin gɛt ɔl di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn. If yu notis ɛnitin we nɔ kɔmɔn, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am.

Usay a fɔ kip mi mɛrɛsin?

Dis nɔto sɔntin we yu fɔ wɔri bɔt. Bikɔs, dɛn nɔ alaw yu fɔ tek di Lorazepam injɛkshɔn go os . Na ɔspitul ɔ klinik nɔmɔ dɛn kin gi yu . So yu nɔ nid fɔ wɔri fɔ kip di mɛrɛsin.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so wi don tok plenti abaut Lorazepam, no bi so? In shot, na injεkshכn mεdikeshכn wae dεn kin yuse fכ fit εn big big wɔri.

• De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ tɛl di dɔktɔ ɔltin bɔt yu wɛl bɔdi (especially de sik dɛm wae wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt, ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛm wae yu de tek, ɛn alɛji).
• Dɛn kin jɔs gi dis mɛrɛsin ɔnda dɔktɔ in sɔpɔtishɔn.
• Tek tɛm bikɔs i kin mek yu slip ɛn diziz. Nɔ drayv ɔ drink rɔm.
• If yu notis ɛnitin we nɔ kɔmɔn ɔ nyu sayd ɛfɛkt, tɛl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Nɔr frayd, di dɔktɔ dɛn de yuz dis mɛrɛsin fɔ ɛp yu. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ if ɛnitin de we yu nɔ ɔndastand, aks di dɔktɔ ɔ fama.

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