Etizolam

Thienotriazolodiazepine.

Indications

Anxiety, tension, depression, neurasthenic symptoms or sleep disorders in neurosis. Cervical vertebral disease, low back pain and tension headache.

Dosage

Anxiety : 05-1mg BID or TID, Panic disorders with agoraphobia : 0.5mg BID, Neurosis or depression : 1mg TID, Psychosomatic disease, cervical vertebral disease, low back pain or Tension headache : 0.5mg TID, Sleep disorder : 1-3mg at bedtime. Maximum dose : Adults: 3mg/day, Elderly- 1.5mg/day. Treatment should be as short as possible; duration of treatment should not exceed 8-12 weeks

Contra-Indications

Myasthenia gravis, acute angle-closure glaucoma, pregnancy, breast feeding, hypersensitivity, serve respiratory failure or hepatic impairment.

Special Precautions

Severe hepatic, renal, cardiac and cerebral organic disturbance, children, elderly patients, patients with weakness, driving, pregnancy, delivery or lactation, children.

Side Effects

Drowsiness, light-headedness, malaise, jaundice, thirst, nausea, retching, rash and weakness.

Drug Interactions

CNS depressants-phenothiazines, barbiturates and alcohol; MAO inhibitors, Fluvoxamine maleate.