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Medications in the benzodiazepine family exert calming and sedative effects and are used to treat anxie and insomnia. Benzodiazepines are also used as muscle relaxants and anticonvulsants. They work by increasing the effects of the neurotransmitter (a chemical messenger) GABA. Benzodiazepine drugs include
alprazolam (Xanax) chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride (Libritabs<font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Verdana">,</font> Limbitrol, Lipoxide, Mitran, Reposans-10, Sereen) clonazepam (Klonopin) clorazepate dipotassium (Gen-XENE, Tranxene-T, Tranxene-SD) diazepam (Diastat, Valium, Valrelease, Vazepam) estazolam (ProSom) flurazepam hydrochloride (Dalmane, Durapam) halazepam (Paxipam) lorazepam (Ativan) oxazepam (Serax) quazepam (Doral) (Razepam, Restoril, Temaz) triazolam (Halcion) Do not take any of these medications when eating grapefruit before or after!
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