Doxefazepam (marketed under brand name Doxans) is a
benzodiazepine medication It possesses
anxiolytic,
anticonvulsant,
sedative and
skeletal muscle relaxant properties. It is used therapeutically as a
hypnotic.[2] According to Babbini and colleagues in 1975, this derivative of
flurazepam was between 2 and 4 times more potent than the latter while at the same time being half as toxic in laboratory animals.[3]
It was patented in 1972 and came into medical use in 1984.[4]
Side effects
Section 5.5 of the article Doxefazepam in volume 66 of the
World Health Organization's (WHO) and
International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) IARC Monographs On The Evaluation Of Carcinogenic Risks To Humans, an article describing the carcinogenic/toxic effects of doxefazepam on humans and experimental animals, states that there is "inadequate evidence in humans for the
carcinogenicity of doxefazepam" and limited evidence in experimental for the carcinogenicity of doxefazepam," and concluded that the overall evaluation of the substance's carcinogenicity to humans is "not classifiable."[5]
^Rodriguez G, Rosadini G, Sannita WG, Strumia E (1984). "Effects of doxefazepam on normal sleep. An EEG and neuropsychological study". Neuropsychobiology. 11 (2): 133–139.
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PMID6483162.
^Babbini M, Torrielli MV, Strumia E, Gaiardi M, Bartoletti M, De Marchi F (August 1975). "Sedative-hypnotic properties of a new benzodiazepine in comparison with flurazepam. Pharmacological and clinical findings". Arzneimittel-Forschung. 25 (8): 1294–1300.
PMID241364.
^"Doxefazepam"(PDF). IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. 66. International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC): 97–104. 13–20 Feb 1996.
PMC7681544.
PMID9097119. Retrieved 10 July 2014.