Do not drink alcohol while taking Ativan.

Early management of alert patients includes emetics, gastric lavage, and activated charcoal. If a patient is known to usually stop convulsing after only one or two diazepam doses, diazepam may be preferable because sedative after-effects will be less than if a single dose of lorazepam is given (diazepam anticonvulsant/sedative effects wear off after 15–30 minutes, but lorazepam effects last 12–24 hours). Thus the effect of benzodiazepines is to enhance the effects of the neurotransmitter GABA. In intensive care units lorazepam is sometimes used to produce anxiolysis, hypnosis, and amnesia. Children and the elderly are more sensitive to the adverse effects of benzodiazepines. Cold or allergy medicine, narcotic pain medicine, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures, depression or anxiety can add to sleepiness caused by Ativan. Keep the medication in a secure place where others cannot get to it. Lorazepam injectable solution is administered either by deep intramuscular injection or by intravenous injection. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal products, and drugs prescribed by other doctors. * Amnesic effects: Among benzodiazepines, lorazepam has relatively strong amnesic effects, but patients soon develop tolerance to this with regular use.