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The use of benzodiazepines by street-drug abusers was part of a polydrug abuse pattern, but many of those entering treatment facilities were declaring temazepam as their main drug of abuse. Temazepam was the most commonly used benzodiazepine in a study, published 1994, of injecting drug users in seven cities, and had been injected from ...
As of November 2012, medications approved as no-go pills by the U.S. Air Force for aircrew and AFSOC [1] forces include: Temazepam (Restoril), with a 12-hour restriction on subsequent flight operation; Zaleplon (Sonata), with a 4-hour restriction on subsequent flight operation; Zolpidem (Ambien), with a 6-hour restriction on subsequent flight ...
Saphris – atypical antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; Serax – anti-anxiety medication of the benzodiazepine class, often used to help during detoxification from alcohol or other addictive substances; Serentil (mesoridazine) – an antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia [1]
This is a list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists and other physicians to treat mental illness or distress. The list is ordered alphabetically according to the condition or conditions, then by the generic name of each medication. The list is not exhaustive and not all drugs are used regularly in all countries.
The various benzodiazepines differ in their toxicity; temazepam appears most toxic in overdose and when used with other drugs. [ 165 ] [ 166 ] The symptoms of a benzodiazepine overdose may include; drowsiness , slurred speech , nystagmus , hypotension , ataxia , coma, respiratory depression , and cardiorespiratory arrest .
A 1993 British study found flurazepam and temazepam to have the highest number of deaths per million prescriptions among medications commonly prescribed in the 1980s. Flurazepam, now rarely prescribed in the United Kingdom and Australia, had the highest fatal toxicity index of any benzodiazepine (15.0) followed by Temazepam (11.9), versus 5.9 ...
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Lormetazepam, sold under the brand name Noctamid among others, is a drug which is a short to intermediate acting 3-hydroxy [3] benzodiazepine derivative and temazepam analogue. [4] It possesses hypnotic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative, and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It was patented in 1961 and came into medical use in 1980. [5]