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Medicines > classes: Sedative-hypnotic & routes : Oral or Oral (IV form withdrawn US 2009 due to fatal toxicity reports)

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generic:
Bromazolam (1)
brand:
(none, never marketed) (1)
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mechanism:
Positive allosteric modulator of the GABA<sub>A</sub> receptor at the benzodiazepine binding site; increases frequency of Cl<sup>−</sup> channel opening, producing anxiolytic, sedative, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, and skeletal-muscle relaxant effects. (1)
uses:
No approved medical problem. Encountered as a designer/research benzodiazepine and, increasingly, as an adulterant in illicit opioid supplies. (1)
starting dose:
No medical dose. Active recreational doses reported in the 0.5–1.5 mg range (similar potency to alprazolam). (1)
preparations:
Illicit tablets ("bars"), powders, blotter, occasionally solutions. No pharmaceutical product exists. (1)
fda max:
N/A (never approved) (1)
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onset:
~20–40 min PO; faster sublingual/intranasal. (1)
duration:
6–10 h subjective; full pharmacologic effect considerably longer. (1)
halflife:
Estimated ~12–17 h (some sources cite up to ~21 h); active metabolites prolong effect. (1)
bioavailability:
Not formally characterized in humans. (1)
pregnancy:
Avoid. Benzodiazepines are associated with neonatal sedation, floppy-infant syndrome, and withdrawal; teratogenic signal weak but non-zero. Designer benzo with no safety data, assume worst-case. (1)
legal:
None (1)

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