doxefazepam
Sign in to saveDoxefazepam (marketed under brand name Doxans) is a benzodiazepine medication. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It is used therapeutically as a hypnotic. According to Babbini and colleagues in 1975, this derivative of flurazepam was between 2 and 4 times more potent than the latter while at the same time being half as toxic in laboratory animals.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C17H14ClFN2O3
- Molecular weight
- 348.8 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 7-chloro-5-(2-fluorophenyl)-3-hydroxy-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one
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Doxefazepam (marketed under brand name Doxans) is a benzodiazepine medication. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It is used therapeutically as a hypnotic. According to Babbini and colleagues in 1975, this derivative of flurazepam was between 2 and 4 times more potent than the latter while at the same time being half as toxic in laboratory animals.
It was patented in 1972 and came into medical use in 1984.