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• Description

  Etizolam is a benzodiazepine analog used for the short-term treatment of insomnia, anxiety or panic attacks. It has amnesic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, and hypnotic, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It acts on the benzodiazepine site of the GABA-A receptor as an agonist to increase inhibitory GABAergic transmission throughout the central nervous system. ;

• References

  https://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB09166
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etizolam
  Casacchia, Massimo, F. Bolino, and U. Ecari. "Etizolam in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: a double-blind study versus placebo."Current Medical Research & Opinion 12.4(2008):215-223.
  Savoldi, F, G. Somenzini, and U. Ecari. "Etizolam versus placebo in the treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia: a double-blind study."Current Medical Research & Opinion 12.3(1990):185.
  Hirashima, Y, et al. "Etizolam, an anti-anxiety agent, attenuates recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma--evaluation by computed tomography." Neurologia medico-chirurgica 42.2(2002):53-55. ;