Is the combination of lorazepam and alcohol fatal? We tell you all about it!
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- 15 Jan 2025
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Lorazepam is a popular drug that you can obtain on doctor's prescription to combat anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia. Lorazepam falls under the benzodiazepines and, as such, the drug brings with it a great addictiveness. Many people wonder if they can combine this drug with alcohol to sleep even better and get rid of their anxiety or panic even faster. However, the combination of lorazepam and alcohol can be deadly!
This article explains the side effects of the combination of lorazepam and alcohol and the ways in which this combination can turn fatal.
Is the combination of lorazepam and alcohol fatal?
The combination of lorazepam, and other benzos, along with alcohol can have fatal consequences. Deaths due to the combination of lorazepam and alcohol are not common, but they do occur. In fact, the combination of lorazepam and alcohol can lead to severe respiratory problems, unconsciousness of a near comatose nature, and in some cases, people have even been known to go into cardiac arrest from this combination of substances.
What is lorazepam?
Lorazepam is the active ingredient in a number of drugs used to treat anxiety disorders. Lorazepam has a calming function and inhibits anxiety. The drug belongs to the group of benzodiazepines and is used to treat complaints that involve anxiety problems or insomnia of a severe nature. By this is meant that these anxieties run your life and cause you a lot of pain and distress. However, lorazepam is also more commonly used to calm patients before operations or examinations, for example. Lorazepam can only be obtained on doctor's prescription.
Risk of taking lorazepam and alcohol together
Both lorazepam and alcohol have narcotic and drowsy effects. By taking alcohol and lorazepam together, you will only intensify these effects, similar to the combination of truffles and alcohol. You may have trouble moving, become very drowsy and confused. These effects can lead to accidents and injuries. In addition, both substances together lower your heart rate significantly, even to dangerous proportions.
Overdose of lorazepam versus alcohol
An overdose of lorazepam can already cause serious damage to your body. Namely, it can lead to breathing problems and a coma. When you also add alcohol to this, those effects are only intensified. Both drugs slow down brain activity and so can even lead to a person's death in extreme cases. Especially when breathing is suppressed, oxygen deprivation in the organs and brain can occur with life-threatening consequences.
Oxazepam and alcohol deadly?
To conclude this article, we also take a look at another well-known benzo, namely oxazepam. Best known by its brand name Seresta, this drug is more often combined with alcohol as well. Oxazepam is also used to tackle pathological anxiety, tension and sleep disorders. However, both oxazepam and alcohol work quite quickly and reinforce each other's narcotic effects. Therefore, at high doses here, you also run the risk of stopping breathing, which can result in death. The combination of oxazepam and alcohol is therefore just as lethal as lorazepam and alcohol.
Combining lorazepam or other benzodiazepines with alcohol carries serious risks and can be fatal in extreme cases. Be aware of the dangers and always follow a doctor's advice. Want to know more about safe use? Stay up to date with our informative blogs!
