Journal of Drug Metabolism & Toxicology
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Dr, Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India, National Center for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bengaluru, India

Publications

• Opinion   
  Medical uses of Benzodiazepine
  Author(s): Saripella Harshitha*
  
  Benzodiazepines (BZD, BDZ, BZs), sometimes referred to as "benzos", are a category of psychoactive capsules whose middle chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring. As depressants drugs which decrease mind hobby they may be prescribed to treat conditions such as tension, insomnia, and seizures. Benzodiazepines are depressants that decorate the impact of the neurotransmitter gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) at the GABAA receptor, resulting in sedative, hypnotic (sleepinducing), anxiolytic (anti-anxiety), anticonvulsant, and muscle relaxant properties. High doses of many shorter-appearing benzodiazepines can also motive anterograde amnesia and dissociation. These houses make benzodiazepines beneficial in treating tension, panic sickness, insomnia, agitation, s.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2157-7609.22.13.250

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