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Benzodiazepine vs Temazepam - What's the difference?

benzodiazepine | temazepam | Hypernyms |

Temazepam is a hypernym of benzodiazepine.



In pharmaceutical drug terms the difference between benzodiazepine and temazepam

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 temazepam is a drug generally prescribed for the short-term treatment of sleeplessness.

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

    temazepam

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A drug generally prescribed for the short-term treatment of sleeplessness.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 6, author=Lesley Alderman, title=Cost-Effective Ways to Fight Insomnia, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But if your problem is waking too early, he might suggest a longer-duration drug like temazepam , the generic version of Restoril. }}

    Hypernyms

    *benzodiazepine

    See also

    *(wikipedia "temazepam")