Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A benzodiazepine drug, C16H14ClN3O, whose hydrochloride is used as an antianxiety drug and in the treatment of chronic alcoholism and alcohol withdrawal.
Wiktionary
- n. A benzodiazepine derivative used as a sedative drug.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism
Etymologies
- chlor(o)- + (benzo)diazep(ine) + oxide. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“One of those packages was sent to Alves in Marlborough, and after the box was inspected by FDA special agents, they found hundreds of capsules containing substances such as chlordiazepoxide, an active ingredient in an anti-anxiety drug; fenproporex, a stimulant that is converted in the body to amphetamine; and fluoxetine, an antidepressant.”
“According to the FDA press release, chlordiazepoxide may be habit forming and can cause dizziness and drowsiness, and fluoxetine has been linked to several serious drug interactions and to even the possibility of promoting suicide in its takers.”
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“Administration of IM chlordiazepoxide 25 mg IM, t.i.d. and then q.i.d. had little effect.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“Initial emergency treatment may require restraints and then the administration of small amounts of IV anxiolytics chlordiazepoxide, 10-25 mg, or diazepam, 5-10 mg.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“Substantial dosages may be required to inhibit a panic attack e.g., 15-20 mg of diazepam or 25-50 mg of chlordiazepoxide, but doses rarely have to be repeated in a single day because of the long half-life of these drugs.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“These patients often respond rapidly to IV or oral long-acting anxiolytics, such as chlordiazepoxide or diazepam doses of 25 mg or 10 mg, respectively and can return home the same day.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“The drugs of choice are triazolam in the short-acting subgroup; lorazepam in the intermediate-acting subgroup; and in the long-acting subgroup, chlordiazepoxide or diazepam for withdrawal states and diazepam for everything else.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“When the hyperventilation syndrome has been resolved, additional anxiety symptoms can be controlled by chlordiazepoxide or diazepam in oral doses 25 mg or 10 mg, respectively.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“A typical regimen with chlordiazepoxide is to give 100 mg IV and to repeat this dose every 4 to 6 hours during the first 24-hour period.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“If the possibility of grand mal seizure is high, the patient will also be sedated with chlordiazepoxide Librium, a tranquilizer, until the withdrawal symptoms subside.”
Lists
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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