Sedative medications such as oxazepam (Serax), diazepam (Valium, Vazepam), lorazepam (Ativan, Alzapam), or chlordiazepoxide (Librium,
Lipoxide) may be ordered to serve as substitutes for the withdrawn alcohol.
Among the more commonly used long half-life benzodiazepine drugs are: clonazepam (Klonopin), diazepam (T-Quil, Valium, Valrelease, Vazepam, Zetran), clorazepate (Gen-XENE, Tranxene-SD, Tranxene T-Tab), chlordiazepoxide (Librium, Libritabs,
Lipoxide), and flurazepam (Dalmane).