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Drug Intell Clin Pharm
; 22(11): 889-90, 1988 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3234256
RESUMO
This report details the management of status epilepticus with high-dose lorazepam in a 14-year-old patient who was receiving oral clonazepam, ethosuximide, and phenobarbital for an intractable seizure disorder. Although respiratory depression is a frequently cited potential complication of therapy, it did not occur in this patient despite an extraordinarily high total dose of lorazepam, possibly because of tolerance associated with benzodiazepine-receptor down-regulation in this patient's chronic clonazepam therapy. Aggressive dosing of a benzodiazepine may be required for patients receiving chronic benzodiazepine therapy.