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Can Valium Be Taken While Suffering From Frontal Temporal Dementia?

If my husband has been diagnosed with frontal temporal dementia will valium help with his extreme anxiety ?he s having right now? We just home from the ER and that s what they gave him. Will this help calm him down enough to sleep? It s 5mg. His PCP is not familiar with his FTD. He usually goes to the VA.
Wed, 13 Jun 2018
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Yes, that is an appropriate dose. It should make him calm and help him to sleep without much difficulty.

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Can Valium Be Taken While Suffering From Frontal Temporal Dementia?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Yes, that is an appropriate dose. It should make him calm and help him to sleep without much difficulty. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.