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Definition: Benzodiazepine |
BenzodiazepineNoun1. Any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Benzodiazepine |
| English words defined with "benzodiazepine": alprazolam ♦ Halcion ♦ midazolam ♦ nitrazepam ♦ Restoril ♦ temazepam, triazolam ♦ versed ♦ Xanax. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "benzodiazepine": Anti-Anxiety Agents, Benzodiazepine ♦ Bromazepam ♦ Clorazepate Dipotassium ♦ Devazepide, drug influence recognition training ♦ Flumazenil, Flunitrazepam ♦ Medazepam ♦ Prazepam. (references) |
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Benzodiazepines are used in short term relief of severe, disabling anxiety but their prolonged use is discouraged because of tolerance and dependency.
Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome may be delayed (but less so with short-acting agents) in its onset and longer than barbiturate withdrawal syndrome. The benzodiazepine syndrome is characterized by:
Every person on long-term or high dosage of any benzodiazepine should be weaned off the drug. Any abrupt discontinuation may result in confusion, psychosis, convulsions similar to delirium tremens.
Benzodiazepines may impair ability to drive vehicles and operate machinery. The impairment is increased by consumption of alcohol. Long-acting benzodiazepine "hang-over" can cause the same problems the following day.
These drugs are preferred to the use of barbiturates because they have a lower abuse potential and relatively lower adverse reactions or interactions. However, drowsiness, ataxia, confusion, vertigo, impaired judgement and a number of other effects are common.
Benzodiazepines are divided into three groups for treatment of insomnia. Short-acting compounds act for less than six hours and have few residual effects, but rebound insomnia is common and anxiety levels may increase. Intermediate-acting compunds have an effect for 6-10 hours, may have mild residual effects but rebound insomnia is not common. Long-acting compunds have strong sedative effects that persist and accumulation may occur.
Some examples of benzodiazepines:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Benzodiazepine."
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Health | Cognitive impairment also is associated with benzodiazepine use, although memory impairment may be reversible when the drug is discontinued. (references) | |
Finally, individuals need to be assessed explicitly regarding substance abuse, including alcohol, marijuana, opiates, hallucinogens, cocaine, over-the-counter drugs such as nasal sprays and diet pills, caffeinism, or benzodiazepine abuse. (references) | ||
Although no extensive body of research regarding the treatment of barbiturate and benzodiazepine addiction exists, patients addicted to these medications should undergo medically supervised detoxification because the dose must be gradually tapered off. Inpatient or outpatient counseling can help the individual during this process. (references) | ||
Travel | Turkey | The two most common drugs are Nembutal (tm), known on the street as sari bombasi (the yellow bomb) and benzodiazepine. (references) |
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| "Benzodiazepine" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Benzodiazepine" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Words beginning with "benzodiazepine": benzodiazepines. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-i-i-n-n-o-p-z-z" | |
-5 letters: benzenoid, benzidine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-i-i-n-n-o-p-z-z" | |
+1 letter: benzodiazepines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6E 7A 6F 64 69 61 7A 65 70 69 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -. --.. --- -.. .. .- --.. . .--. .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101110 01111010 01101111 01100100 01101001 01100001 01111010 01100101 01110000 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e n z o d i a z e p i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006E 007A 006F 0064 0069 0061 007A 0065 0070 0069 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3671809281707567927182758071 |
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