Ativan information

[Guest guest]

Hi all, thought you might enjoy this little bit on Ativan and can see why you say it worked well for you for pain Carolyn. I used it a few times when I had Bells Palsy and 1/2 to 1/4 of a pill was enough to zonk me out. *smile* I can't recall if it helped the bad ear pain I got with that or not, but it definitely relaxed me.

''Ativan is a benzodiazepine drug with short to medium duration of action.''

It has all five intrinsic benzodiazepine effects:

1. anxiolytic, (anxiety relief)

2. sedative (depresses the central nervous system)

3. hypnotic, (hypnotic drugs induce sleep)

4. anticonvulsant ( to suppress the rapid and excessive firing of neurons that start a seizure)

5. muscle relaxant, (used to alleviate symptoms such as muscle spasm and pain and hyperreflexia (overactive or overresponsive reflexes).

Dee

[Guest guest]

I thought I read that Ativan reduced rapid and excessive firing of

nerves by helping your Gaba receptors in your spinal chord work better.

Am I imagining that?

I am interested in trying it because I think the rapid-excessive nerve

firing is part of my pain cycle.

I also think that my pain is associated with Gaba because

Gabapentin/Neurontin has helped me more than anything else.

I am interested in all research involving Ativan for VV and also

anyone's personal experiences.

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> Hi all, thought you might enjoy this little bit on Ativan and can

see why you say it worked well for you for pain Carolyn.

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> ''Ativan is a benzodiazepine drug with short to medium duration of

action.''

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> It has all five intrinsic benzodiazepine effects:

>

> 1. anxiolytic, (anxiety relief)

> 2. sedative (depresses the central nervous system)

> 3. hypnotic, (hypnotic drugs induce sleep)

> 4. anticonvulsant ( to suppress the rapid and excessive firing of

neurons that start a seizure)

> 5. muscle relaxant, (used to alleviate symptoms such as muscle spasm

and pain and hyperreflexia (overactive or overresponsive reflexes).

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> Dee

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