How to Use diazepam in a Sentence

diazepam

noun
  • Smith said the state would try to obtain more diazepam.
    David Montero, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
  • In 2019, the board also found Gupta had no records for diazepam and ketamine, even though the drugs were found on site, the affidavit said.
    NBC News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • For example, while diazepam has a half-life of up to 48 hours, the half-life of alprazolam can be as short as six hours.
    Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Ryan’s lawyers stressed that one of three drugs found in Harris’s body — diazepam — comes in a pill form and was taken by Harris herself.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The third group of sheep got a relaxing shot of diazepam, also known as Valium.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2016
  • And the state's supply of diazepam expired May 1 — a point hammered by Justice James Hardesty.
    David Montero, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
  • Employees said ketamine was rarely used at the practice and diazepam was never used at the practice.
    NBC News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Agents also found vials of diazepam, a sedative, and ketamine, an anesthetic.
    NBC News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Prior to transport, he was injected with three milligrams of diazepam and placed in a cat carrier.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
  • His clinical research group got Narcan nasal spray approved, and helped get a diazepam nasal spray approved for the treatment of epilepsy.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Some generic versions that are commonly prescribed and are named in the CDC list are alprazolam and diazepam.
    Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The plan doubles the number of possible injections of the sedative from four for diazepam to 10 for midazolam.
    Ken Ritter, The Seattle Times, 3 July 2018
  • But all types of nerve agent poisoning can be treated with standard antidotes such as atropine and diazepam.
    Robert Chilcott, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The young girl was also given a prescription for diazepam, or Valium.
    Russell Blair, courant.com, 12 May 2021
  • Temeck wrote two prescriptions for 30-day supplies of diazepam (brand name Valium) and one for hydrocodone (brand name Vicodin).
    Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The curiosity of the mice who sniffed linalool mirrored that of mice who took the anti-anxiety medication diazepam.
    Jillian Mock, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2018
  • First, to relax him, Sandoval would be given two milligrams of diazepam, better known as Valium.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The Reno Gazette-Journal reached out to two medical experts to help explain how each of Nevada's lethal injection drugs (fentanyl, diazepam and cisatracurium) work and how they're used in medicine.
    Ken Ritter, USA TODAY, 11 July 2018
  • Benzodiazepines, such as as lorazepam and diazepam, are typically prescribed as a sleep aid and to treat anxiety.
    Mark Lieber, CNN, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Botox can also be used to reduce muscle spasms, especially when diazepam (an anti-anxiety drug) has failed to relax the muscles.
    Richard David Leslie, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
  • By the late '90s, for example, the classic antianxiety drug diazepam (also known as Valium) was still beating placebo in France and Belgium.
    Steve Silberman, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2009
  • Benzodiazepines such as alprazolam, diazepam and lorazepam can be helpful when taken on a short-term basis.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020
  • The combination includes the sedative diazepam, which is often sold under the brand name Valium; the muscle relaxant cisatracurium; and fentanyl, according to the statement.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Nevada refused Pfizer’s demand last year to return the company’s diazepam and fentanyl, which has been blamed for overdoses nationwide but has not been used in an execution.
    Ken Ritter, USA TODAY, 11 July 2018
  • Nevada refused Pfizer's demand last year to return the company's diazepam and fentanyl, which has been blamed for overdoses nationwide but has not been used in an execution.
    NBC News, 11 July 2018
  • In other words the anti-anxiety effects of diazepam are partially driven by active placebo responses due to...
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2010
  • Mincey was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of oxycontin and possession of diazepam.
    Tiffini Theisen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 July 2017
  • Benzodiazepines such as diazepam and midazolam can be used to relieve anxiety during a seizure.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The drug charges stem from a search of Folse's home during which authorities found the anti-anxiety medication diazepam, better known by the brand name Valium, and methacarbomol, a muscle relaxant.
    Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • In September 1974, two people off-roading on a fire road came upon the body of a person who was believed to have died three to five days earlier from accidental alcohol and diazepam intoxication, authorities said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2023

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