What is Bromazepam?

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Bromazepam is indicated for the treatment of anxiety and stress disorders. The drug should be used for a short period of time from 2-4 weeks. It should not be used continuously for a long time unless directed by a doctor or pharmacist.

1. What is Bromazepam?

Bromazepam is a brand name drug that has a biochemical effect on the brain. Most of the cases prescribed to use the drug are related to psychological problems such as anxiety, stress. Sometimes more severe problems of negative psychological manifestations are also indicated using Bromazepam.
Patients should not arbitrarily treat mental illness. Therefore, your doctor will consider giving you this medicine to treat trouble sleeping if it is really safe.

2. Instruct the patient to use the sleeping medicine Bromazepam

Bromazepam belongs to the group of drugs called Benzodiazepines. This drug is only allowed to be used in short doses with a duration of 2-4 weeks. Because the drug ingredient is potentially addictive, the doctor will limit the patient's long-term use. For this reason, Bromazepam should only be used with a prescription.
3. How to store medicines Most medicines when you buy them have storage and use instructions printed on the package and a detailed instruction sheet. In which the common factors are temperature, the environment is always mentioned by the manufacturer. The place to place the medicine should ensure a moderate temperature, not moldy, and avoid direct sunlight.
Please keep it in the medicine cabinet or above the reach of children and pets to avoid unexpected situations.
When the medicine is damaged, do not throw it into the toilet or water pipe. Disposal of expired medications should be done by a medical professional to ensure maximum safety standards.

4. Appropriate dosage of Bromazepam

When making and researching, each drug is carefully analyzed. The manufacturer will give the appropriate indicated dose and age limit so that the risk is lowest. However, special individuals with rare terrain will be beyond the pharmacist's expectation. Therefore, the way to determine a safe dose should be through examination and consultation with a doctor.
Dosage of Bromazepam:
Children under 18 years old are not recommended to use. Adults will take this medication as directed by their doctor. The starting dose will range from 6 to 18 mg/day. It can be used as many times a day as indicated. But be careful not to use more than 60 mg/day. The dose of the elderly will be lower to ensure the effect without affecting health. Elderly people starting to use it will be instructed not to take more than 3 mg instead of 6 - 18 mg in adults. For the convenience of patients, the drug is prepared tablets with 2 doses of 3 mg and 6 mg.

5. Bromazepam side effects

When taking Bromazepam, you may experience some of the following problems:
The body often falls into fatigue and sleepiness appears more; Dizziness; Progressive headaches; Sleeping or falling asleep or dreaming negative dreams; Muscles are flabby or appear sore; Impaired vision causing blurred vision; Rash, skin rash as a manifestation of an allergy; People often feel shaky and have difficulty controlling body functions; Decreased taste makes you not eat well; Dry mouth ; Decreased fluency; Loss of memory with decreased ability to concentrate. When the patient is delirious or has difficulty breathing, the drug reaction has begun to be severe. This situation needs to quickly report to the treating doctor, and at the same time take the patient to the emergency room.

6. In some cases, Bromazepam should not be used

Bromazepam is not a generic drug. Therefore, some of the cases listed below will not use the drug:
People who are allergic to the composition of the drug; People who have used it and have difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, itching, rash or swelling; Patients with chronic lung disease or in severe transition; Have underlying liver disease; Patients with poor health or weak muscles; Children under 18 years unless prescribed by a doctor; Pregnant and lactating women; People with blood sugar problems or glaucoma should consult a doctor first; Subjects regularly use stimulants such as alcohol or tobacco. Drug interactions are common. However, we cannot ignore this because this can be a catalyst that makes the drug's effectiveness decrease, even dangerous.
The following drugs can interact when used with Bromazepam:
Sedative, analgesic, sleep-inducing; Medicines for psychological syndromes; Medicines for patients to treat depression ; Medicines to control seizure frequency; Medicines for patients with colds; Medicines for allergy problems; Muscle relaxants; Anesthetics, anesthetics; Anti-inflammatory drugs; Medicines for patients with HIV; Drugs used for patients to stabilize blood pressure or treat cardiovascular disease; Medicines to treat symptoms of ulcers; Drugs for the treatment of alcohol addiction.

7. Note to patients with insomnia when using the drug

Medications for insomnia all affect the central nervous system. Therefore, the use of drugs should be based on the cause of the disease to ensure effectiveness and avoid maximum side effects.
In severe disease, it will be difficult to take advantage of the usual dose. But the flip side of the drug when overdosed always cause serious harm. Therefore, if the patient is stressed or anxious, a thorough examination should be carried out and the medication should be administered under the supervision of a physician.
So Bromazepam sleeping pills should not be used arbitrarily. The patient should carry out the examination and take the medicine as prescribed by the doctor or pharmacist. If you are experiencing stress or nervous breakdown problems, go to the hospital immediately for examination and appropriate treatment.

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