Seizure disorders:
Indications for: SEIZALAM
Status epilepticus.
Adult Dosage:
10mg, given by IM inj into the mid-outer thigh.
Children Dosage:
Not established.
Boxed Warning:
Risks from concomitant use with opioids. Abuse, misuse, and addiction. Dependence and withdrawal reactions.
SEIZALAM Warnings/Precautions:
To be administered under the supervision of experienced clinicians. Have resuscitation equipment available. Increased risk of drug-related mortality from concomitant use with opioids. Hemodynamic instability. Chronic disease states. Decreased pulmonary reserve. COPD. Shock, coma, or acute alcohol intoxication with depression of vital signs. Impaired cognitive function. Narrow-angle glaucoma: not recommended. Open-angle glaucoma: may need post-treatment eye evaluation. Obesity. CHF. Assess patient's risk for abuse, misuse, addiction prior to and during therapy. Avoid abrupt cessation. Withdraw gradually. Drug or alcohol abusers. Renal impairment. Premature neonates/infants: gasping syndrome (due to benzyl alcohol content). Neonatal sedation and withdrawal syndrome; monitor neonates exposed during pregnancy or labor. Pregnancy (esp. late stage). Nursing mothers: monitor infants.
SEIZALAM Classification:
Benzodiazepine.
SEIZALAM Interactions:
Increased risk of profound sedation, respiratory depression, coma, and death with opioids or other CNS depressants (eg, other benzodiazepines, sedatives/hypnotics, anxiolytics, tranquilizers, muscle relaxants, general anesthetics, antipsychotics, alcohol); reserve concomitant use in those for whom alternative options are inadequate; limit dosages/durations to minimum required; monitor. Caution when concomitant CYP3A4 inhibitors (eg, cimetidine, erythromycin, diltiazem, verapamil, ketoconazole, itraconazole).
Adverse Reactions:
Decreased tidal volume, respiratory rate decrease, upper airway obstruction, agitation, pyrexia, inj site reactions; severe cardiorespiratory reactions, agitation, involuntary movements (including tonic/clonic movements and muscle tremor), hyperactivity, combativeness, paradoxical reactions, increased intraocular pressure.
Drug Elimination:
Renal. Half-life: 4.2 (±1.87) hours.
Generic Drug Availability:
NO
How Supplied:
Multiple-dose vial (10mL)—1, 10
