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Meanings of valium in inglés

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diazepam

A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning.

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        Examples for "diazepam"
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        But the examiner found extremely high amounts of diazepam in her bloodstream.
        Seven Minutes in Heaven
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        Intravenous diazepam has been advocated as an appetite stimulant in anorexic cats.
        Pubmed
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        In hospitals intravenous diazepam is the drug of choice for status epilepticus.
        Pubmed
        4
        Bennies, blues and billy whizz I knew -Benzedrine, diazepam and amphetamines.
        Foxglove Summer
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        Outside of hospitals buccal midazolam is in the process of replacing rectal diazepam.
        Pubmed
        Usage of valium in inglés
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        He stands there on a valium because he's about to commit suicide.
        The Guardian
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        He has been smoking cannabis, drinking and taking valium since he was 13.
        The Irish Times
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        So I reach into my bag and take half a valium.
        The Guardian
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        But the relationship also saw Hinson become addicted to valium.
        The Irish Times
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        He had taken a quantity of valium and sleeping pills.
        Radio NZ
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        Cathy believed Eleanor was quietly drowning beneath a tidal wave of valium and gin.
        City of lies
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        He's still alive but paralyzed and speechless, barely aware that Mother's popping valium like pop-tarts.
        Lit: a memoir
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        She may have fallen into a vat of valium.
        The Guardian
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        Laylonee was stumbling, whacked on downs, Nembutal or valium.
        Mooch
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        Thirty-two five-year-olds each should just about have them heading for either the valium or the vodka.
        The Irish Times
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        My mouth's so parched, and-seeingWarren's seldom used bottle of valium above the sink- Iinstinctivelygrab it.
        Lit: a memoir
        12
        The teen, whose parents own a multimillion-dollar sheet metal company, had been drinking and taking valium with friends.
        News.com.au
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        I feel groggy from the valium.
        The Guardian
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        Kate is propped up with valium.
        The Guardian
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        Children as young as 13 are using valium bought online as a recreational drug, according to the city's mayor.
        The Irish Times
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        Are you one of those terrified airline passengers who needs to pop a few valium before boarding a plane?
        The Irish Times
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        Valium through the time