for anxiety with depression or ETOH withdrawl;
Adult:10-15mg PO tid/qid; with severe anxiety or ETOH withdrawl try up to 30mg tid/qid; this is a metabolite of diazepam, must reduce w/ elderly;
Contraindicated with pyschoses;
Avoid concomitant use of ETOH, or other CNS depressant drugs;
Note slow onset of action, t/2= 5-21hr;
No active metabolites;
Also note hepaticmetabolism: no oxidation needed, only conjugation w/ glucuronides