Diastat AcuDial and RabAvert

• Generic Name: diazepam
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Diastat AcuDial, Diastat Pediatric, Diastat, Valium, Diazepam Intensol, Zetran

Diazepam is a benzodiazepine (ben-zoe-dye-AZE-eh-peen). Diazepam affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with seizures.

Diastat AcuDial (for use in the rectum) is used to treat occasionally increased seizures (cluster seizures) in people with epilepsy who also routinely take other anti-convulsants. This medicine is not for long-term daily use to prevent seizures.

Diastat AcuDial may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: rabies vaccine, purified chick embryo cell
• Dosage Forms: injection, powder, lyophilized, for suspension
• Other Brand Names: RabAvert

• It is used to prevent rabies.