Episode

Lorazepam (Ativan)

Podcast: PsychRounds: The Psychiatry Podcast
Published: Dec 31, 2025
Duration seconds: 867
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Summary

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? References: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532890/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36805317/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6120058/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10229064/ https://psychopharmacologyinstitute.com/section/catatonia-diagnosis-the-lorazepam-challenge-2911-5899/