Zolpidem vs Benzodiazepine - What's the difference?

zolpidem | benzodiazepine |


As nouns the difference between zolpidem and benzodiazepine

is that zolpidem is a certain fast-acting hypnotic (sleep-inducing drug) used for the short-term treatment of insomnia, and marketed under several different trade names while benzodiazepine is benzodiazepine.

zolpidem

English

Noun

(wikipedia zolpidem) (-)
  • A certain fast-acting hypnotic (sleep-inducing drug) used for the short-term treatment of insomnia, and marketed under several different trade names.

    • 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

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