Posts tagged benzodiazepine

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Alprazolam

Generic Name: alprazolam

Brand Name: Alprazolam Intensol, Apo-Alpraz (CAN), Niravam, Novo-Alprazol (CAN), Nu-Alpraz (CAN), Xanax, Xanax TS (CAN), Xanax XR

Other Info: Pregnancy Category D, Controlled Substance C-IV

Drug classes: Benzodiazepine, Anxiolytic

Therapeutic actions

Exact mechanisms of action not understood; main sites of action may be the limbic system and reticular formation; increases the effects of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter; anxiety blocking effects More >

Clonazepam

Clonazepam

Generic Name: clonazepam

Brand Name: Apo-Clonazepam (CAN), Gen-Clonazepam (CAN), Klonopin, Klonopin Wafers, Nu-Clonazepam (CAN), Rivotril (CAN)

Other Info: Pregnancy Category X, Controlled Substance C-IV

Drug classes: Benzodiazepine, Antiepileptic

Therapeutic actions

Exact mechanisms not understood; benzodiazepines potentiate the effects of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter.

Indications
  • Used alone or as adjunct in treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (petit mal variant), akinetic and myoclonic seizures; may be useful in patients with absence (petit mal) More >
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Lorazepam

Brand Names: Apo-Lorazepam (CAN), Ativan, Novo-Lorazem (CAN), Nu-Loraz (CAN)

Pregnancy Category D

Controlled Substance C-IV

Drug classes: Benzodiazepine, Anxiolytic, Sedative-hypnotic

Therapeutic actions

Exact mechanisms are not understood; acts mainly at subcortical levels of the CNS, leaving the cortex relatively unaffected. Main sites of action may be the limbic system and reticular formation; benzodiazepines potentiate the effects of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter; anxiolytic effects occur at doses well below those More >

diazepam

Diazepam

Generic Name: diazepam

Brand Names: Apo-Diazepam (CAN), Diastat, Diazemuls (CAN), Diazepam Intensol, Valium

Pregnancy Category D

Controlled Substance C-IV

Drug classes:

  • Benzodiazepine
  • Anxiolytic
  • Antiepileptic
  • Skeletal muscle relaxant (centrally acting)

Therapeutic actions

Exact mechanisms of action not understood; acts mainly at the limbic system and reticular formation; may act in spinal cord and at supraspinal sites to produce skeletal muscle relaxation; potentiates the effects of GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter; anxiolytic effects More >