Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for the drug diazepam.
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- noun a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning
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Examples
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I could have drove home myself (Valium is SO overrated), but didn’t mind the escort.
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They were all too willing to prescribe “penicillin for the blues,” as one doctor called Valium.
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
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Diazepam is an anti-anxiety drug commonly sold under the brand name Valium; alprazolam is also an anti-anxiety drug, sold under such names as Xanax.
Heath Ledger’s Toxicology Report Comes Back!! FUSED Alert! 2008
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Something has got to give, or we risk ending up with another generation of suburban women, albeit working women, popping Mommy's Little Helper, aka Valium, and longing to jump in the sack with that guy from Lady Chatterley's Lover.
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Known in the UK by the brand name Valium, it is legally prescribed to thousands for treating anxiety.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Diazepam, better known by the defunct brand name Valium, increases "feel good" dopamine levels which are typically targeted by other addictive drugs.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Diazepam, better known by the defunct brand name Valium, increases "feel good" dopamine levels which are typically targeted by other addictive drugs.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Tests revealed the tablets were diazepam, a sedative sometimes sold under the brand-name Valium, with a street re-sale value of £1 each.
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Diazepam, better known by the defunct brand name Valium, increases "feel good" dopamine levels which are typically targeted by other addictive drugs.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Diazepam, better known by the defunct brand name Valium, increases "feel good" dopamine levels which are typically targeted by other addictive drugs.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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