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My girlfriend is pregnant and addicted to ativan (lorazepam).i've read a lot about sideeffects while taking this during pregnancy. how can she get off this?

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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ativan; pregnant: 1st trimester usually most serious for fetal damage from drugs. See OB for monitoring fetus. Have prescribing doc change to Buspar (buspirone) (category b compared with ativan's category d) or undertake rapid withdrawal from ativan. Use meditation, exercise, yoga, tai chi, biofeedback for anxiety.

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Answered 2/20/2017

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