Talk:Phenazepam

---

I've put a pharma-stub tag on this. The article is rather short. I guess that this is a fairly recent drug, as I've never heard of it before. I couldn't find it when I searched British National Formulary.

From web searches, it seems that this drug is more popular in the East - many of the pages I come up with are in Russian or other non-latin-alphabet languages. Also, I draw a blank when trying my favourite English-language sources.

--Publunch 18:02, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi there! Phenazepam was introduced in the mid 80`s in Soviet Union and became very popular for treatment of different neurological diseases. It`s chemical structure closely resembles bromazepam, except that pyridine ring is replaced by o-chlorophenyl one.

You are quite right, it is chemically very close to bromazepam, though subjectively, mg for mg, it is a lot stronger. It has been around for well over 20 years now, and is quite popular as an anxiolytic in the former Eastern Bloc. It produces less of a euphoriant effect than bromazepam, though more in the way of sedation. As for Legal Status, neither the UK nor US Laws on controlled substances mention Phenazepam. Therefore we would be probably correct if we were to assert that this substance is not illegal in any way in the UK or US. I am not surprised that it can not be found in the British National Formulary - of the nearly 40 benzodiazepines, only ten are included in that publication. The rest have been deleted over the past fifteen years or so, bromazepam being the latest in 2003. British doctors have the least amount of benzodiazepines that they are able to prescribe of all Western countries, which is why diazepam, considered old-fashioned and not used much any more in the rest of the world, is the #1 choice benzo for UK doctors. Even alprazolam is being phased out. Gauchoamigo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gauchoamigo (talk • contribs) 00:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually it is much closer to clonazepam, differing only by one group at the 7-position. On clonazepam it is a nitro group (NO2) on phenazepam the nitro group has been replaced by a bromo group 7-bromo- 5-(2-chlorophenyl)- 1,3-dihydro- 2H- 1,4-benzodiazepin- 2-one 7-nitro-5-(2-chlorphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-on --Rollie (talk) 21:32, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

I edited the IUPAC Name since the old one was not appropriate--ChemSpiderMan (talk) 01:56, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol(r)) is schedule I in the US. Couldn't this drug therefore be schedule I under the analog act? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.85.180.97 (talk) 00:16, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

That is false. Flunitrazepam is Schedule IV under US Federal law. Only in a few states is it Schedule I. In those few states, if those states had an analog act, then phenazepam could be considered an analog in those states only. Under Federal law, however, flunitrazepam is clearly in Schedule IV, therefore, phenazepam cannot be an analog under Federal law. 71.178.48.73 (talk) 02:01, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Any ideas about it's legality n other countries? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.77.206.213 (talk) 07:12, 2 November 2009 (UTC) It's totally legal in the UK, and unless your country has an analogue act that applies to 1,4-benzodiazepines, or it's mentioned by name or chemical formula in your countries "misuse of drugs act" (or whatever they call it in your home country) then it's legal. It would probably be restricted in the old USSR satellite countries, since it was developed and still is used there. Most of Europe, except Norway is fine I think --Rollie (talk) 21:32, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Let me just say that this phenazepam stuff should definitely be a controlled substance. It nearly cost me my life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.103.93.181 (talk) 06:58, 11 February 2010

(UTC)

No, YOU, almost cost YOU your life. Go ahead, get the goverment to wipe your ass for you and dole out your tylenol one at a time at the expense of every intelligent persons freedom and quality of life. People like you are disgusting. Thank God I can get a beer after work, even though some people like to drink a whole bottle of Vodka, and blame the government for not protecting them from it. You, are an IDIOT.

I agree. It nearly cost you your life because you lack self control and safety. it is YOUR problem if you screw up, no one else's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.198.39.35 (talk) 20:32, 18 April 2010 (UTC)