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Diazepam vs Clonazepam - What's the difference?

diazepam | clonazepam |

As nouns the difference between diazepam and clonazepam

is that diazepam is a minor tranquillizer with sedative effects, taken to reduce anxiety while clonazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative with highly potent anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, and anxiolytic properties.

diazepam

English

Noun

(wikipedia diazepam) (en noun)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A minor tranquillizer with sedative effects, taken to reduce anxiety.
  • * 2001': The most effective anti-anxiety drugs (tranquillizers) are the benzodiazepines, epitomized by '''diazepam (Valium®). — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 57)

    • clonazepam

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia clonazepam)
  • A benzodiazepine derivative with highly potent anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, and anxiolytic properties.