The effects of lorazepam (agitation reducer/sleep inducer, muscle relaxant, anxiety reducer, inhibitor of new memory formation) may be considered as adverse or side effects if unwanted.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Grainy, sandy looking stools may be caused by a number of issues. If you suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn's disease, it may be those diseases causing your malformed stools. Other issues are too much fiber, infections, fatty foods, and more.
Bile salts in the stool excreted by the liver give it a normal brown color. Obstruction to bile flow out of the liver (you may see the word cholestasis), or liver infections like viral hepatitis (A, B, C, etc.), may produce clay colored stools.