This study was performed to test the hypothesis that nitrous oxide augments the effects of diazepam sedation of young children by reducing crying and movement and improving the overall quality of sedation. Twenty-four children (mean age of 32 months) were sedated on two occasions with two different treatment regimens. All subjects received a standard oral dose of 0.5 mg/kg of diazepam with and ...

Patients unable to submit themselves to routine dental treatment under local anaesthesia were studied during treatment under diazepam sedation accompanied by local anaesthesia, and compared with a matched control group for psychiatric assessment. Physiological responses, operating conditions, amnesia, pain threshold, and recovery were all assessed by various tests.Some of the patients had an an...

The efficacy of the diazepam loading dose method of treatment of delirium tremens was assessed in comparison with the traditional therapy. The experimental group and the control group comprised 51 and 45 patients respectively. The clinical institute withdrawal assessment for alcohol (CIWA-A) scale was applied to assess the intensity of the symptoms. Diazepam doses in the experimental group osci...

We have examined the effects of commercially available preparations and drug-free solvents of diazepam (Valium, Diazepam-Lipuro) and midazolam (Dormicum) by N-formylmethionyl-leucylphenylalanine (FMLP)- and zymosan-induced polymorphonuclear cell (PMN) chemiluminescence and in a cell-free chemiluminescence system. In the case of Valium, drug-free solvent and diazepam suppressed PMN chemiluminesc...

Diazepam and lorazepam differ in potency and in the time-course of their action. As a sedative, diazepam 10 mg is equivalent to lorazepam 2-2.5 mg. Diazepam is better absorbed after oral than after i.m. administrations but this does not apply to lorazepam. The clinical effect and amnesia begin more rapidly with diazepam, but last longer following lorazepam. Lorazepam is more effective than diaz...

This study aimed to determine the etiology, treatment protocol and outcome of convulsive status epilepticus (SE) in children. An institutional treatment protocol using benzodiazepines (diazepam and midazolam) was assessed in a retrospective case study. The treatment protocol (Ege Pediatric Status Epilepticus Protocol or EPSEP) was developed based on an operational definition of pediatric SE acc...

BACKGROUND Catatonia has risks of severe morbidity and mortality and needs early treatment. In this study, we investigated more patients to discuss the efficacy of this treatment in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) or bipolar I disorder (BPI). METHODS During a period of 9 years, we identified 12 catatonic patients with mood disorder, with MDD (n = 10) and BPI (n = 2) in the emerg...

abstract background: providing better surgical conditions with meticulous control of intraocular pressure (iop) is one of the most important factors that affect the success rate in ophthalmic surgery. clonidine is a selective central α2 agonist with analgesic, antianxiety and sedative effects which makes it a good choice in premedication recently. in this study, we compared the effects of oral ...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sıçanlarda pentilentetrazol (PTZ) ile oluşturulan nöbetlerde diazepamın antikonvulzif etkinliğinde nitrik oksit sentaz (NOS) ve beyin kaynaklı nörotrofik faktör (BDNF) üzerine etkisini araştırmaktır. Çalışmada 24 adet erkek Wistar Albino sıçan kullanılmıştır. Sıçanlar kontrol grubu, salin (1 mL kg-1) + PTZ, diazepam (0,5 mg PTZ (2 kg-1)+PTZ grubu olarak 4 gruba ayrılmıştır ...

Diazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative with anxyolitic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative, skeletal muscle relaxant, antitremor, and amnestic activity. It is metabolized in the liver by the cytochrome P (CYP) 450 enzyme system. Diazepam is N-demethylated by CYP3A4 and CYP2C19 to the active metabolite N-desmethyldiazepam, and is hydroxylated by CYP3A4 to the active metabolite temazepam. N-desm...