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A benzodiazepine with anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, sedative, muscle relaxant, and amnesic properties and a long duration of action. Its actions are mediated by enhancement of GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID activity. It is used in the treatment of severe anxiety disorders, as a hypnotic in the short-term management of insomnia, as a sedative and premedicant, as an anticonvulsant, and in the management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p589)

Also Known As:

Valium; Seduxen; 7- Chloro- 1,3- dihydro- 1- methyl- 5- phenyl- 2H- 1,4- benzodiazepin- 2- one; Apaurin; Diazemuls; Faustan; Relanium; Sibazon; Stesolid; 2H-1,4-Benzodiazepin-2-one, 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-phenyl-

Pharmalogical Action Categories:

Adjuvants, Anesthesia
Anesthetics, Intravenous
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Anticonvulsants
Antiemetics
GABA Modulators
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Muscle Relaxants, Central

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Heterocyclic Compounds: 25

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2-Ring Heterocyclic Compounds

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Benzazepines: 2

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Benzodiazepines: 4233

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Benzodiazepinones

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Diazepam: 3875

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