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Suggest Treatment For Sleeplessness And Liver Cirrhosis
Question: Any treatment for sleeplessness with cirrosis?
Brief Answer:
Lorazepam or oxazepam
Detailed Answer:
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Cirrhosis of liver implies that we need to use a medication which is not metabolized by liver. In that regard oxazepam 10 mg or lorazepam one mg arethe first choice as they are not affected by the liver among the sleep medicines.
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Lorazepam or oxazepam
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using Healthcaremagic.
Cirrhosis of liver implies that we need to use a medication which is not metabolized by liver. In that regard oxazepam 10 mg or lorazepam one mg arethe first choice as they are not affected by the liver among the sleep medicines.
Hope I am able to answer your query.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for my future patients.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ashok-kumar/67386
Thanks and regards.
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