Diazepam
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Adults
1) The short-term relief (2-4 weeks) only, of anxiety which is severe, disabling, or subjecting the individual to unacceptable distress, occurring alone or in association with insomnia or short-term psychosomatic, organic or psychotic illness.
2) Cerebral palsy.
3) Muscle spasm.
4) As an adjunct to certain types of epilepsy (eg myoclonus).
5) Symptomatic treatment of acute alcohol withdrawal.
6) As oral premedication for the nervous dental patient.
7) For premedication before surgery
Children
1) Control of tension and irritability in cerebral spasticity in selected cases
2) As an adjunct to the control of muscle spasm in tetanus
3) Oral premedication (see section 4.4)
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