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Lorzin 2mg Tablet

Written By Dr. Syeda Aafia, MBA, BDS
Reviewed By Dr. Mekhala Chandra, MD, MBBS
Last updated on 13 Oct 2025 | 04:21 PM (IST)
Lorzin 2mg Tablet is a prescription medicine used to treat symptoms of short term anxiety and anxiety disorders. It helps to decrease the abnormal and excessive activity of the nerve cells and calms the brain.
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General Information

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Product introduction

Lorzin 2mg Tablet is taken by mouth with or without food. Take it at the same time each day as this helps to maintain a consistent level of medicine in the body. Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor as it has a high potential of habit-forming. If you have missed a dose, take it as soon as you remember it and finish the full course of treatment even if you feel better. It is important that this medication is not stopped suddenly without talking to the doctor as it may increase seizure frequency.

Some common side effects of this medicine include fatigue and balance disorder. It may also cause dizziness and sleepiness, so do not drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how this medicine affects you.

Benefits of Lorzin Tablet

Treatment of Anxiety disorder
Lorzin 2mg Tablet helps relieve symptoms of many anxiety disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalised anxiety disorder by increasing the level of a chemical called GABA in your brain. This prevents abnormal symptoms of anxiety such as restlessness, tiredness, difficulty concentrating, feeling irritable and sleep problems. It helps you feel calm with a better ability to deal with problems. Exercise and a healthy diet can also improve your mood. Keep taking the medicine until your doctor advises you to stop.
Treatment of Short term anxiety
Lorzin 2mg Tablet reduces the symptoms of excessive anxiety and worry that may arise in stressful conditions such as an exam or job interview. It can also reduce feelings of restlessness, tiredness, difficulty concentrating and feeling irritable. This will therefore help you go about your daily activities more easily and be more productive. Keep taking this medicine even if you feel well. Stopping suddenly can cause serious problems.

Side effects of Lorzin Tablet

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Lorzin
  • Injection site pain
  • Sedation
  • Drowsiness
  • Dizziness
  • Fatigue
  • Muscle weakness

How to use Lorzin Tablet

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Lorzin 2mg Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

How Lorzin Tablet works

Lorzin 2mg Tablet is a benzodiazepine. It works by increasing the action of a chemical messenger (GABA) which suppresses the abnormal and excessive activity of the nerve cells in the brain.

Quick tips

  • The addiction / habit-forming potential of this medicine is very high. Take it only as per the dose and duration advised by your doctor
  • It may cause dizziness. Do not drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how this medicine affects you.
  • Avoid consuming alcohol as it may increase dizziness and drowsiness.
  • Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive or breastfeeding.
  • Do not stop taking medication suddenly without talking to your doctor as that may lead to nausea, anxiety, agitation, flu-like symptoms, sweating, tremor, and confusion.
  • The addiction / habit-forming potential of this medicine is very high. Take it only as per the dose and duration advised by your doctor
  • It may cause dizziness. Do not drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how this medicine affects you.
  • Avoid consuming alcohol as it may increase dizziness and drowsiness.
  • Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive or breastfeeding.
  • Do not stop taking medication suddenly without talking to your doctor as that may lead to nausea, anxiety, agitation, flu-like symptoms, sweating, tremor, and confusion.

Safety advice

Alcohol

Alcohol

UNSAFE
It is unsafe to consume alcohol with Lorzin 2mg Tablet.
Pregnancy

Pregnancy

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Lorzin 2mg Tablet is unsafe to use during pregnancy as there is definite evidence of risk to the developing baby. However, the doctor may rarely prescribe it in some life-threatening situations if the benefits are more than the potential risks. Please consult your doctor.
Breast feeding

Breast feeding

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Lorzin 2mg Tablet is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug may pass into the breastmilk and harm the baby.
Lorzin 2mg Tablet should be used for short periods and sleepiness of the baby should be watched. The withdrawal of Lorzin 2mg Tablet should be gradual.
Driving

Driving

UNSAFE
Lorzin 2mg Tablet may decrease alertness, affect your vision or make you feel sleepy and dizzy. Do not drive if these symptoms occur.
Kidney

Kidney

CAUTION
Lorzin 2mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with severe kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Lorzin 2mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
However, inform your doctor if you have any underlying kidney disease.
Liver

Liver

CAUTION
Lorzin 2mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with severe liver disease. Dose adjustment of Lorzin 2mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Use of Lorzin 2mg Tablet is not recommended in patients with severe liver disease.

Interaction with drugs

Taking Lorzin with any of the following medicines can modify the effect of either of them and cause some undesirable side effects
Severe

Tramadol (Injection Route)

If concurrent use is essential, watch out for symptoms of Lorazepam side effects such as drowsiness, excessive sedation, tiredness, dizziness or slurred speech and consult your doctor if you experience them. They may adjust the dose of Lorazepam as per the observations. It is advised to avoid driving or undertaking other tasks requiring skill and alertness.
Severe

Clozapine (Oral Route)

If concurrent use is essential, watch out for symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, tremors, sleep disturbances or mood changes and consult your doctor if you experience them. They may adjust the doses as per the observations.
Severe

Tramadol (Oral Route)

If concurrent use is essential, watch out for symptoms of Lorazepam side effects such as drowsiness, excessive sedation, tiredness, dizziness or slurred speech and consult your doctor if you experience them. They may adjust the dose of Lorazepam as per the observations. It is advised to avoid driving or undertaking other tasks requiring skill and alertness.
Severe

Morphine (Oral Route)

If concurrent use is essential, watch out for symptoms of Lorazepam side effects such as drowsiness, excessive sedation, tiredness, dizziness or slurred speech and consult your doctor if you experience them. They may adjust the dose of Lorazepam as per the observations. It is advised to avoid driving or undertaking other tasks requiring skill and alertness.
Severe

Codeine (Oral Route)

If concurrent use is essential, watch out for symptoms of Lorazepam side effects such as drowsiness, excessive sedation, tiredness, dizziness or slurred speech and consult your doctor if you experience them. They may adjust the dose of Lorazepam as per the observations. It is advised to avoid driving or undertaking other tasks requiring skill and alertness.

Frequently asked questions

No, Lorzin 2mg Tablet is not an opioid. It belongs to the benzodiazepine group of medicines and is used for short-term treatment (2-4 weeks) only. It is a habit-forming medicine and can make a person physically and psychologically dependent.
Lorzin 2mg Tablet is used for sleeping difficulties caused due to short-term anxiety. One of the very common side effects of Lorzin 2mg Tablet is drowsiness and sleepiness. It calms the mind, and therefore, helps a person to sleep.
Lorzin 2mg Tablet may take around 3 days to get completely removed from the system.
The most important symptom of addiction is that you may feel unpleasant if you do not take Lorzin 2mg Tablet. Another symptom could be that you may increase the dose on your own to feel its effect.
You should reduce the dose of Lorzin 2mg Tablet gradually before completely stopping it. Suddenly stopping it may lead to withdrawal symptoms which include loss of the sense of reality, feeling detached from life, and unable to feel emotion. Some patients have also experienced numbness or tingling in the arms or legs, tinnitus (ringing sounds in the ears), uncontrolled or overactive movements, twitching, shaking, feeling sick, being sick, stomach upsets or stomach pain, loss of appetite, agitation and abnormally fast heart beats. It can also cause panic attacks, dizziness or feeling faint, memory loss, hallucinations, feeling stiff and unable to move easily, feeling very warm, convulsions (sudden uncontrolled shaking or jerking of the body) and oversensitivity to light, sound and touch.
The effect of Lorzin 2mg Tablet on weight gain or loss is not known.
If you have a history of depression then it may increase the risk of developing depression again. Lorzin 2mg Tablet should not be used alone in depressed patients because it may cause suicidal tendencies in such patients.
Though it is rare, but use of Lorzin 2mg Tablet can cause memory impairment, which may be more apparent in old age patients.

Fact Box

Chemical Class

Benzodiazepines Derivative

Habit Forming

Yes

Therapeutic Class

NEURO CNS

Action Class

Benzodiazepines

References

  1. Stahl SM, editor. Lorazepam. In: Stahl's Essential Pschopharmacology: Prescriber's Guide. 5th ed. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press; 2014. pp. 367-71.
  2. Briggs GG, Freeman RK, editors. A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. pp. 819-20.
  3. Chaves RG, Lamounier JA. Breastfeeding and maternal medications. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2004;80(5 Suppl):S189-S198. [Accessed 20 Mar. 2019] (online) Available from:
  4. Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). [Accessed 25 Mar. 2019] (online) Available from:
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