PMID: 9169981Jun 1, 1997Paper

Abuse liability of flunitrazepam

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
J H Woods, G Winger

Abstract

Flunitrazepam is among the most frequently prescribed hypnotics in many countries. Although it was never marketed in the United States, flunitrazepam, in recent years, has been smuggled into the country, and reports of abuse--including alleged use of the drug to facilitate "date rape"--have attracted a great deal of scrutiny. It has been suggested that flunitrazepam may have greater liability for abuse than other benzodiazepines; such suggestions are supported by surveys of opioid abusers, many of whom report a distinct preference for flunitrazepam over other benzodiazepines. Experimental studies of animals and normal human subjects indicate that, although flunitrazepam has high efficacy and is very potent, it is pharmacologically similar to most other benzodiazepines. Although the studies are limited in number and scope, the data show no apparent differences between flunitrazepam and other benzodiazepines in ability to produce drug-taking or drug-seeking behavior, in capacity to produce physiologic dependence, nor in the characteristics of withdrawal after administration of an antagonist or discontinuation of treatment. Similar to other benzodiazepines, flunitrazepam produces dose-dependent effects on psychomotor performance a...Continue Reading

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