Toxics (Feb 2021)

Benzodiazepines: Their Use either as Essential Medicines or as Toxics Substances

  • Edilma Sanabria,
  • Ronald Edgardo Cuenca,
  • Miguel Ángel Esteso,
  • Mauricio Maldonado

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9020025
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
p. 25

Abstract

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This review highlights the nature, characteristics, properties, pharmacological differences between different types of benzodiazepines, the mechanism of action in the central nervous system, and the degradation of benzodiazepines. In the end, the efforts to reduce the benzodiazepines’ adverse effects are shown and a reflection is made on the responsible uses of these medications.

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