NOUN
- a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism
How To Use chlordiazepoxide In A Sentence
- A typical regimen with chlordiazepoxide is to give 100 mg IV and to repeat this dose every 4 to 6 hours during the first 24-hour period. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
- When the hyperventilation syndrome has been resolved, additional anxiety symptoms can be controlled by chlordiazepoxide or diazepam in oral doses 25 mg or 10 mg, respectively. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
- The drugs of choice are triazolam in the short-acting subgroup; lorazepam in the intermediate-acting subgroup; and in the long-acting subgroup, chlordiazepoxide or diazepam for withdrawal states and diazepam for everything else. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
- Substantial dosages may be required to inhibit a panic attack e.g., 15-20 mg of diazepam or 25-50 mg of chlordiazepoxide, but doses rarely have to be repeated in a single day because of the long half-life of these drugs. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
- Generally, a longer-acting benzodiazepine such as chlordiazepoxide is used, and the initial dosage is titrated downward according to blood pressure elevation, pulse rate, temperature and psychotic symptoms.
- It is sensible to start with a high daily dose, such as 120 mg chlordiazepoxide or 20 mg diazepam on the first day, and then reduce the dose.
- The group of drugs known as benzodiazepines includes alprazolam, chlordiazepoxide, diazepam, and lorazepam (Ativan).
- Administration of IM chlordiazepoxide 25 mg IM, t.i.d. and then q.i.d. had little effect. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
- Generally, a longer-acting benzodiazepine such as chlordiazepoxide is used, and the initial dosage is titrated downward according to blood pressure elevation, pulse rate, temperature and psychotic symptoms.
- Administration of IM chlordiazepoxide 25 mg IM, t.i.d. and then q.i.d. had little effect. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry