Ativan (Lorazepam) is an anti anxiety drug that acts as a sedative and affects the central nervous system. Since this is a widely prescribed drug and is available freely all over the world, thousands of people get addicted to this drug. Ativan triggers the brain rewards functions and induced the user to get into a false state of well being. This highly addictive drug is often prescribed by doctors, and many addicts consult different doctors so they can get many prescriptions for this drug helping them to sustain and support their addiction. The street names for Ativan are downers, Nerve Pills, Tranks and Benzos.
Some of the withdrawal symptoms of Ativan are: convulsions, tremors, shaking, sweating, ringing in the ears, insomnia, nausea, stomach cramps, vomiting, etc. Ativan overdose is potentially dangerous. Symptoms could range from the mild variety such as drowsiness, confusion, lethargy, etc to stage 1-3 coma, ataxia, hypotonia, hypotension and even death. The side effects of Ativan are also acute with symptoms such as memory loss, amnesia and general impairment of memory functions being noticed with regular users of this drug.