<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CharlesMD:
I'm curious as to why you are carrying around diazepam? Isn't that a controlled substance? I know you can get a DEA license, but can't you get into big trouble? Why not give her the Ambien to put her to sleep if she was causing that much of a problem? This is the reason why it's always best to wait for the second call, "Is there a doctor on board?" The NEJM should do some kind of review article on this as it's something everyone seems to encounter. I think the expert on this would be fullfare, but I don't know if he's around here anymore.</font>
Ambien is also a controlled substance. You don't put someone to sleep if you don't know if they are going to wake up. Moreover, as someone else here states in their sig, what if she had taken a laxative?