oxazepam Pharm.
(ɒkˈseɪzɪpæm)
[f. ox- 1 + azo- + -ep(ine (suffix designating an unsaturated seven-membered ring containing nitrogen) + amide.]
A tricyclic, creamy-white powder, C15H11ClN2O2, which is a tranquillizer given to relieve anxiety states and to control the withdrawal symptoms of alcoholism.
| 1964 Jrnl. Pharmaceutical Sci. LIII. 1181/1 Oxazepam, 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepine-2-one, has been characterized pharmacologically in our laboratories as an anticonvulsant and mild central depressant and is currently under clinical investigation as an antianxiety agent. 1966 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Asssoc. 21 Nov. 952/1 Six days after oxazepam was stopped completely, her husband reported she had been up all night, was talking irrationally, and was having visual hallucinations. 1974 Brit. Jrnl. Clin. Pract. XXVIII. 65/1 Oxazepam, one of the benzodiazepine group, has an anxiolytic action with very little sedative potential. |