Lorazepam (drug)

A sleepless Michael Jackson spent his last hours pleading for a dose of a powerful anesthetic, his doctor told police, according to court records unsealed Monday. For six hours, Dr. Conrad Murray said he resisted -- fearful that the pop star had...

After Haiti was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, it was instantly clear that medical help was needed. And doctors from around the world responded, traveling to the Caribbean nation to volunteer their services. (Check out this video to see......

Q: I've heard that Xanax can produce more severe withdrawal symptoms than the other benzodiazepine drugs. Is this true? A: Xanax (the generic name is alprazolam) is one of the commonly prescribed antianxiety medicines in the class called benzodiazepines....

Q: About a month ago, I started having nighttime anxiety and sleeplessness. My doctor suggested that I take one- half tablet of Klonopin to help with this issue. I have read that this drug can be addictive. What are my chances of developing a dependence...

His halo was a cage, and all Johan Otter could do was stare out through the carbon graphite rods that pinned his head in place. If he slept, he dreamed, and the dreams bordered on nightmares. He lay in a passageway somewhere between a gym and a locker...

LAKEWOOD -- Eight students at Mayfair High School in Lakewood were hospitalized after taking prescription pills at school. Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to an initial call at 2:05 p.m. Tuesday that a student may have overdosed on pills, at...

A judge on Thursday officially unsealed the transcript of the anguished 911 emergency call that Marilyn Lemak placed to authorities, telling them she had killed her three children and tried to take her own life but failed. "My three kids are dead, and...

Even her attorneys acknowledge Marilyn Lemak ended the lives of her three young children on a late-winter day nearly three years ago, doping them with prescription drugs and suffocating them with her hands. So her murder trial comes down to this: Was...