loading...| Preferred Name |
lorazepam |
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| Synonyms |
Ativan |
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| Definitions |
A benzodiazepine with anxiolytic, anti-anxiety, anticonvulsant, anti-emetic and sedative properties. Lorazepam enhances the effect of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid on the GABA receptors by binding to a site that is distinct from the GABA binding site in the central nervous system. This leads to an increase in chloride channel opening events, a facilitation of chloride ion conductance, membrane hyperpolarization, and eventually inhibition of the transmission of nerve signals, thereby decreasing nervous excitation. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C619" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C619" NCI Thesaurus) |
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| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000039757 |
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| altLabel |
Ativan 7-chloro-5-(2-chlorophenyl)-1, 3-dihydro-3-Hydroxy-1,4- benzodiazepin-2-one |
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| CAS Registry |
846-49-1 |
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| cui |
C0024002 C0699194 |
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| definition |
A benzodiazepine with anxiolytic, anti-anxiety, anticonvulsant, anti-emetic and sedative properties. Lorazepam enhances the effect of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid on the GABA receptors by binding to a site that is distinct from the GABA binding site in the central nervous system. This leads to an increase in chloride channel opening events, a facilitation of chloride ion conductance, membrane hyperpolarization, and eventually inhibition of the transmission of nerve signals, thereby decreasing nervous excitation. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C619" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C619" NCI Thesaurus) |
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| Legacy PDQ ID |
2418 |
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| LT |
TRD |
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| NCI ID |
C619 |
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| notation |
CDR0000039757 |
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| NSC Code |
289758 |
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| ORIG STY |
Drug/agent |
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| prefLabel |
lorazepam |
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| tui |
T109 T121 |