Chlordiazepoxide

What Are The Uses Of Chlordiazepoxide?

Chlordiazepoxide, a sedative and hypotonic medication, is used in the following conditions:

• To treat anxiety in case of several cases like depression, anxiety before surgery.
• To manage acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome.

What Are The Side Effects Of Chlordiazepoxide?

The most common side effects of chlordiazepoxide are:

• Nausea/dizziness, constipation.
• Drowsiness, headache, blurred vision, confusion.
• Skin rash.

Sometimes severe (but rare) side effects are:

• Mental / mood changes, clumsiness.
• Kidney problems (urination)
• Slurred speech, trouble walking.
• Tremor, sleep disturbances.
• Facial (or) muscle twitching.
• Yellowing of eyes and skin.
• Menstrual irregularities.

Please consult a physician if the symptoms are persistent.

What Are The Contraindications Of Chlordiazepoxide?

Please inform your doctor if you have any of the following conditions:

• Hyper sensitivity towards the drug chlordiazepoxide or any other allergies.
• Severe liver problems.
• Acute narrow – angle glaucoma.
• Ataxia.
• Severe hypoventilation.
• Severe sleep apnea and COPD.
• Kidney diseases.