nitrazepamn.
/nʌɪˈtreɪzᵻpam/, /nʌɪˈtrazᵻpam/, U.S. /naɪˈtreɪzəˌpæm/ Pharmacology.
A sedative drug of the benzodiazepine group, used as a hypnotic and antiepileptic; 1,3-dihydro-7-nitro-5-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C15H11N3O3.A proprietary name for this drug is Mogadon n.
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codeine1833
codeia1834
chloral1838
paraldehyde1857
hypnone1886
chloralamide1889
sulphonal1889
uralium1889
ural1891
thymacetin1892
chloralose1893
chloretone1899
hedonal1900
veronal1903
Medinal1908
barbitone1914
barbital1919
Sedormid1928
benzodiazepine1934
hexobarbital1941
hexobarbitone1941
glutethimide1955
Placidyl1955
Mogadon1956
chlordiazepoxide1960
nitrazepam1965
flurazepam1968
medazepam1968
lorazepam1969
Rohypnol1971
flunitrazepam1973
triazolam1973
methapyrilene1974
Halcion1975
1965 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Nov. 1093/2 They received 15 mg. of Mogadon (nitrazepam, an analogue of chlordiazepoxide), an effective new non-barbiturate hypnotic.
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 1006/1 The claim that nitrazepam is hangover-free has not been substantiated in this study.
1979 Daily Tel. 29 Nov. 8/8 Roche later produced..nitrazepam, marketed under the brand name Mogadon, as a sleeping tablet.
1989 Q. Jrnl. Med. 72 702 PaCO2 was elevated in one patient who had also taken alcohol and nitrazepam.
1998 Jrnl. Intellectual Disability Res. 42 (Suppl. 1) 80 Clonazepam and clobazam, as well as nitrazepam in some cases, can be useful as an adjunct treatment in refractory epilepsies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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