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Product name:
Leloxide
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Generic name:
Chlordiazpoxide
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Dosage form:
Oral tablets
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Packaging:
Box of 5 blisters of 20 F.C. tablets
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Drug Category:
Neurology and Psychiatry
Indications:
Short-term (2-4 weeks) symptomatic treatment of anxiety that is severe, disabling or subjecting the individual to unacceptable distress, occurring alone or in association with insomnia or short-term psychosomatic, organic or psychotic illness.
Muscle spasm of varied etiology.
Symptomatic relief of acute alcohol withdrawal.
Dosage and Administration:
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Swallow the tablet(s) whole with a glass of water.
Treatment will not normally be continued for more than 4 weeks.
Your doctor will find the lowest dose to control your symptoms.
The dose that your doctor prescribes will depend on the nature of your illness, your reaction to the medicine, your age and bodyweight.
If you think that the effect of your medicine is too weak or too strong, talk to your doctor.
Do not stop taking diazepam tablets abruptly.
Contraindication:
Hypersensitivity to benzodiazepines or to any of the excipients,
Myasthenia gravis,
Severe pulmonary insufficiency,
Respiratory depression,
Severe hepatic insufficiency,
Sleep apnoea syndrome,
Phobic or obsessional states,
Chronic psychosis,
Spinal or cerebral ataxia
