It’s not known whether lorazepam may be safe to take for longer than 4 months or what effects the drug may have when it’s taken long term. So your doctor may recommend taking lorazepam short term.

Clinically effective drugs against human anxiety and fear systematically alter the innate defensive behavior of rodents, suggesting that in humans these emotions reflect defensive adaptations.

We investigated the effects of lorazepam, a benzodiazepine, on the allocation of study time, memory, and judgment of learning, in a cognitive task where the repetition of word presentation was ...