Benzodiazepines are generally classified as minor tranquilizers useful in the management of anxiety. Benzodiazepines include drugs such as diazepam (Valium®), chlordiazepoxide (Librium®), oxazepam (Serax®), lorazepam (Ativan®), alprazolam (Xanax®)...
Putting Valium up the back passage is one new treatment tried to stop epileptic fits. It's been tested at the New England Medical Center in Boston on 125 patients, including 47 children, all with ...
The pharmaceutical industry has never quite got it right with mother’s little helpers. The first sleeping pills were barbiturates - and highly addictive. These hypnotics were then replaced by the extraordinarily successful benzodiazepines, such as...
What is fibromyalgia? Once called ‘fibrositis’, the patient has tight and tender spots in his muscles, and suffers general fatigue. To qualify as a fibromyalgia sufferer, at least 11 of 17 specific body points should be significantly tender...
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