benzodiazepine
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- /ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzəˌpiːn/
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benzodiazepina
- So benzodiazepines are used to treat a number of health conditions, including anxiety.
- benzodiazepine tranquilizers
- benzodiazepines and barbiturates
- antidepressants and benzodiazepines
The patients who got the ketogenic diet required fewer benzodiazepines for their detox.
- The patients who got the ketogenic diet required fewer benzodiazepines for their detox.
- Some of the most addictive medications we have are benzodiazepines, anti anxiety meds.
- So for example, people can have life that threatening withdrawal from alcohol, from benzodiazepines like Xanax, from opioids like Oxycontin.
- So benzodiazepines are used to treat a number of health conditions, including anxiety.
- People know about opiate withdrawal, they know about benzodiazepine withdrawal, but they don't really know there's SSRI withdrawal.
- Well, I I became an expert in benzo withdrawal like which is you took benzodiazepines and at some point.
Examples
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Sedatives (benzodiazepines and GHB) are central nervous system depressants; they slow normal brain function.
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The patients who got the ketogenic diet required fewer benzodiazepines for their detox.
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For example, some centrally acting benzodiazepines may achieve their effects through muscle relaxation rather than by modifying more central processes.
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Benzodiazepines are pharmaceuticals that exert depressant, anxiolytic, hypnotic, and muscle relaxant effects.
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Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed to help patients manage their anxiety and improve sleep quality.
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Doctors often warn patients about the potential dependency risks associated with long-term benzodiazepine use.
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Many people rely on benzodiazepines for short-term relief from panic attacks and severe anxiety episodes.
Synonyms
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A slang word for drugs that calm anxiety and help you sleep
A medicine that calms the brain, reduces worry, and makes you sleep
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Surface Forms
Morphology
benzodiazepine = diazepine (opaque) = benzo + diazepine
A specialised chemical name formed from technical combining forms; average learners cannot infer its pharmacological meaning from its parts.
Etymology
Benzodiazepine comes from parts of the drug's chemical shape: benzo- from 'benzene', a ring of carbon atoms, and diazepine, where di- means 'two' and refers to two nitrogen atoms in a ring. That's why many drugs called benzodiazepines share the same basic shape and work as sedatives or muscle relaxants.