Lora

No, Lora 2mg Injection 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.

Lora 2mg Injection 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 Lora 2mg Injection. Another symptom could be that you may increase the dose on your own to feel its effect.

You should reduce the dose of Lora 2mg Injection 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 Lora 2mg Injection 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. Lora 2mg Injection should not be used alone in depressed patients because it may cause suicidal tendencies in such patients.

Though it is rare, but use of Lora 2mg Injection can cause memory impairment, which may be more apparent in old age patients.

Taking more than the recommended dose of Lora 2mg Injection may cause loss of muscle control, low blood pressure, mental confusion, slow breathing and even coma. If you have taken higher than the recommended dose of Lora 2mg Injection, seek immediate medical help immediately.