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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
There is a convergence of data from various sources suggesting that there are meaningful differences among the benzodiazepines with respect to their attractiveness as drugs of abuse for drug abusers. Laboratory studies of subjective and reinforcing effects in drug abusers, interviews with drug abusers, clinical judgment of medical professionals, and epidemiological studies all indicate that diazepam, in particular, has a greater abuse liability than many of the other benzodiazepines. Some of the available data also suggest that lorazepam and alprazolam are more diazepam-like in having relatively high abuse liability, while oxazepam, halazepam, and possibly chlordiazepoxide, are relatively low in this regard. These differences in abuse liability among benzodiazepines are analogous to the widely recognized differences in abuse liability within the barbiturate class that have proved to be important in helping guide clinicians' drug prescribing practices.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0271-0749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
237-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Relative abuse liability of different benzodiazepines in drug abusers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review