Chlordiazepoxide

Chlordiazepoxide, trade name Librium, is a sedative and hypnotic medication of the benzodiazepine class.Chlordiazepoxide has a medium to long half-life but its active metabolite has a very long half-life. The drug has amnestic, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, hypnotic and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.

Chlordiazepoxide is indicated for the short-term (2–4 weeks) treatment of anxiety that is severe and disabling or subjecting the person to unacceptable distress. It is also indicated as a treatment for the management of acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome. When combined with Amitriptyline (known as Limbitrol), it can be used to treat new daily persistent headache disorder.

Side effects:

·         Myasthenia gravis

·         Acute intoxication with alcohol, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances

·         Ataxia

·         Severe hypoventilation

·         Acute narrow-angle glaucoma

·         Severe liver deficiencies (hepatitis and liver cirrhosis decrease elimination by a factor of 2)

·         Severe sleep apnea

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