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Benzodiazepine vs Alprazolam - What's the difference?

benzodiazepine | alprazolam | Hypernyms |

Alprazolam is a hypernym of benzodiazepine.



As nouns the difference between benzodiazepine and alprazolam

is that benzodiazepine is any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders while alprazolam is category:en:DrugsAn antianxiety drug 8-chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepine

benzodiazepine

English

(wikipedia benzodiazepine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured upon diazepine, used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and other related disorders.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    alprazolam

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • An antianxiety drug 8-chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepine
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 7, author=James Barron, title=Medical Examiner Rules Ledger’s Death Accidental, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Also in Mr. Ledger’s system were three anti-anxiety medications: diazepam, the generic name for Valium; alprazolam , commonly known as Xanax; and temazepam

    Synonyms

    * xanax, Xanax

    Hypernyms

    * anxiolytic * benzodiazepine * triazole