chlordiazepoxide, n. Pharm.
(ˌklɔːdaɪˌeɪzɪˈpɒksaɪd)
[f. chlor-2 + diazep- after benzodiazepine n. + oxide n.]
A benzodiazepine, C16H14ClN3O , given in tablet form and by injection in the treatment of anxiety and as a hypnotic.
Among the proprietary names for this drug is Librium.
| 1960 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 10 Sept. 198/2 The makers of the new drug, chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride,..seriously warn that it should be taken only on a physician's advice. 1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 323/1 This case confirms that chlordiazepoxide is a comparatively safe drug. 1965 J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatment iv. 48 When tension is more prominent than depression, chlordiazepoxide, meprobamate or even amylobarbitone in average doses will help tide the patient over difficult phases. 1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 910/1 ‘Long’-acting benzodiazepines, whose half-life exceeds 10 hours—for example..chlordiazepoxide, and medazepam. |