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Lorazepam

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Definition: A benzodiazepine used as an anti-anxiety agent with few side effects. It also has hypnotic, anticonvulsant, and considerable sedative properties and has been proposed as a preanesthetic agent.     
Pharmacological Action Antiemetics; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Anticonvulsants; GABA Modulators; Hypnotics and Sedatives 		Other names ct Arzneimittel Brand of Lorazepam; Wyeth, Orfidal; WY4036; WY 4036; NuLoraz; Nu Pharm Brand of Lorazepam; Nu Loraz; NovoLorazem; Novo Lorazem; Medical, Lorazepam; Lorazepam ratiopharm Brand; Lorazepam ratiopharm; Lorazepam neuraxpharm Brand; Lorazepam neuraxpharm; Lorazepam ct-Arzneimittel Brand; Lorazepam Wyeth Brand; Lorazepam Riemser Brand; Lorazepam Nu-Pharm Brand; Lorazepam Novopharm Brand; Lorazepam Novartis BrandDrugs* : LORAZEPAM PRESERVATIVE FREE; LORAZEPAM INTENSOL; LORAZEPAM; ATIVAN; LORAZ
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
3-(4-acetamido)-butyrril-lorazepam  0   Lorazepam/*analogs & derivatives. Nucl Med Commun 2001 Apr;22(4):399-404
Somnium  119177-41-2   *Diphenhydramine *Lorazepam Drug Combinations. Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax 1992 Jun 16;81(25):838-40
metoclophen-modified nausea suppository  0   *Benztropine *Haloperidol *Lorazepam *Metoclopramide Drug Combinations. Am Pharm 1991;NS31(7):7
lorazepam hemisuccinate  127930-80-7   Lorazepam/*analogs & derivatives. J Pharm Sci 1991;80(2):164
lorazepam glucuronide  32781-79-6   Lorazepam/*analogs & derivatives. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1981;12(4):511
lorazepam acetate  2848-96-6   Lorazepam/*analogs & derivatives. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1980;97(1):1
lopirazepam  42863-81-0 2H-pyrido(3,2-e)-1,4-diazepin-2-one, 7-chloro-5-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy  Lorazepam/*analogs & derivatives. Arzneim Forsch 1980;30(3):513
lormetazepam  848-75-9 7-chloro-5-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-1-methyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one  Lorazepam/*analogs & derivatives.
Pharma Action Hypnotics and Sedatives 		Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 1979;4(4):237
N-(2-hydroxyethyl)lorazepam  51230-35-4   *Benzodiazepines Lorazepam/*analogs & derivatives. Pharmacology 10(6):345;1973

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