Diazepam vs Temazepam - What's the difference?
diazepam | temazepam |
(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)
(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
, passage=But if your problem is waking too early, he might suggest a longer-duration drug like temazepam , the generic version of Restoril. }}
In pharmaceutical drug terms the difference between diazepam and temazepam
is that diazepam is a minor tranquillizer with sedative effects, taken to reduce anxiety while temazepam is a drug generally prescribed for the short-term treatment of sleeplessness.diazepam
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