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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug, C16H13ClN2O, used to treat anxiety and as a sedative, skeletal muscle relaxant, and anticonvulsant.
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- noun pharmacology A minor
tranquillizer with sedative effects, taken to reduceanxiety .
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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
Etymologies
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This substance they called a diazepam binding inhibitor, or DBI.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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This substance they called a diazepam binding inhibitor, or DBI.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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For example, a research group from Pennsylvania State University in University Park has identified several drug classes as potential non-lethal agents or 'calmatives'3, including benzodiazepines and 2-adrenoreceptor agonists, as well as individual drugs such as diazepam and dexmedetomidine.
Boing Boing 2009
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Many patients end up being prescribed benzos in order to contain them and it can be like a time bomb ready to go off as there is a condition called paradoxical aggression caused by ovr use of medication such as diazepam and lorazepam.
The Guardian World News Denis Campbell 2011
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* Sedative / hypnotics such as diazepam, triazolam
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* Sedative / hypnotics such as diazepam, triazolam
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Benzodiazepines such as diazepam (Valium), lorazepam (Ativan) or oxazepam (Serax) are the most commonly used drugs used to reduce alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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