How to Use benzodiazepine in a Sentence

benzodiazepine

noun
  • The next-best treatment for most people would be an antidepressant or a low dose of a benzodiazepine.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 11 Feb. 2019
  • Alprazolam, the brand name of which is Xanax, is a benzodiazepine and can make someone drowsy.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The most common treatment for burning mouth syndrome is clonazepam, a type of benzodiazepine.
    — Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
  • For years, geriatricians and researchers have sounded the alarm about the use of benzodiazepines among older adults.
    — Paula Span, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Bush was visiting a friend that day, and allegedly took Klonopin (a benzodiazepine) and fell asleep in the bed that morning.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The amount of benzodiazepine medicine in a prescription also doubled over this time period.
    — Breeanna Hare, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • If your drug plan decides your use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines may not be safe, the plan may limit your coverage for those drugs.
    — Bob Moos, Dallas News, 7 June 2019
  • This is not the first time that an overlap between opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions has been identified.
    — Mark Lieber, CNN, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The state-of-the-art treatment for benzodiazepine dependence is not some grueling ordeal.
    — Lindsay Beyerstein, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2020
  • In the scene, Dion’s physical therapist lays her down on a massage table and gives her a benzodiazepine nasal spray.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 June 2024
  • That year, fentanyl was most commonly found mixed in with prescription opioids and benzodiazepines.
    — Dr. Priscilla Koirala, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Both medications belong to the same drug class, benzodiazepines.
    — Patricia Weiser, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The report also stated that the benzodiazepines clonazepam and 7-aminoclonazepam were in her system at the time of her death.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
  • An oral drug swab and a urine test for Cooke returned positive for methamphetamine and benzodiazepines, the affidavit states.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
  • He is slumped on Deb’s couch, overdosing on opioids, benzodiazepines and Lyrica.
    — Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Fentanyl was the top killer, followed by benzodiazepines, morphine and heroin, according to the report.
    — Dara Kam, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • About five months ago, the lab began to encounter a surge in designer benzodiazepines, knock-offs of anti-anxiety drugs often used with opioids.
    — Sam Wood, Philly.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Sedation causes the brain to take on a semi-conscious or unconscious state, and the drugs include propofol and benzodiazepines.
    — Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2020
  • For example, a common way to break a seizure is to treat someone with a benzodiazepine such as Ativan or Valium.
    — Jeremy Samuel Faust, Slate Magazine, 28 June 2017
  • Another part of the problem with benzodiazepines is a lack of awareness in the medical community, too.
    — Breeanna Hare, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Tolerance is a side effect of many medications, such as opiates and benzodiazepines, which are often used to help treat pain and anxiety.
    — Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Phenobarbital, which is often used to treat epilepsy and seizures, and benzodiazepines, which are used to treat anxiety, can be habit-forming.
    — Riley Zhang, NBC News, 21 June 2023
  • For instance, people who take benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, at the same time as opioids can fatally overdose on lower doses of painkillers.
    — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The drug — known by its brand name Ativan — is a benzodiazepine that treats anxiety disorder or panic disorder.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The nasal spray Dion was given was benzodiazepine, a depressant drug that relieves anxiety and reduces muscle spasms.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 26 June 2024
  • The rest received either salt water or the drug midazolam, a benzodiazepine like Xanax that is also used as an anesthetic agent.
    — C. Michael White, The Conversation, 8 Nov. 2023
  • When deaths from drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and benzodiazepines are included, the overall increase was 21 percent.
    — Author: Lenny Bernstein, Christopher Ingraham, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2017
  • His cause of death was later confirmed as an accidental overdose due to cocaine, methamphetamine, benzodiazepines and fentanyl.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The first thing the two wrote together after Mulaney joined the show, a year later, was a parody commercial for benzodiazepine.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The first drug, midazolam, is a benzodiazepine - like Xanax or Valium.
    — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 26 June 2018

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