Chlordiazepoxide

Chlordiazepoxide
Names
Pronunciation/ˌklɔːrdaɪ.əzɪˈpɒksaɪd/
Trade namesLibrium, others
Other namesMethaminodiazepoxide[1]
IUPAC name
  • 7-Chloro-2-methylamino-5-phenyl-3H-1,4-benzodiazepine-4-oxide
Clinical data
Drug classBenzodiazepine
Main usesAlcohol withdrawal, anxiety disorders[2]
Side effectsSleepiness, poor coordination, confusion[2]
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Pregnancy
category
  • US: D (Evidence of risk)
    Routes of
    use    		By mouth, intramuscular
    Onset of actionRapid[3]
    Duration of action48 to 72 hr[3]
    External links
    AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
    MedlinePlusa682078
    Legal
    Legal status
    Pharmacokinetics
    MetabolismLiver
    Elimination half-life5–30 hours (Active metabolite desmethyldiazepam 36–200 hours: other active metabolites oxazepam)
    ExcretionKidney
    Chemical and physical data
    FormulaC16H14ClN3O
    Molar mass299.76 g·mol−1
    3D model (JSmol)
    SMILES
    • ClC1=CC2=C(N=C(NC)C[N+]([O-])=C2C3=CC=CC=C3)C=C1
    InChI
    • InChI=1S/C16H14ClN3O/c1-18-15-10-20(21)16(11-5-3-2-4-6-11)13-9-12(17)7-8-14(13)19-15/h2-9H,10H2,1H3,(H,18,19) checkY
    • Key:ANTSCNMPPGJYLG-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY

    Chlordiazepoxide, sold under the trade name Librium among others, is a medication of the benzodiazepine type, used to treat alcohol withdrawal and anxiety disorders.[2] It is generally taken by mouth.[2] Use is recommended for less than 4 weeks.[4] Onset of effects are rapid and last for up to three days.[3]

    Common side effects include sleepiness, poor coordination, and confusion.[2] Other side effects may include movement disorders, erectile dysfunction, and bone marrow problems.[5] Use during pregnancy may harm the baby and it is not recommended during breastfeeding.[2][5] Smaller doses are recommended in those with liver problems.[5] Chlordiazepoxide, together with its metabolites, has a long half life.[2]

    Chlordiazepoxide was patented in 1958 and approved for medical use in 1960.[6] It was the first benzodiazepine and discovered by chance.[1] It is avaliable as a generic medication.[5] In the United Kingdom 100 tablets of 10 mg cost the NHS about 18 pounds as of 2020.[5] This amount in the United States costs about 13 USD as of 2020.[7]

    Medical uses

    Chlordiazepoxide is indicated for the short-term (2–4 weeks) treatment of anxiety that is severe and disabling or subjecting the person to unacceptable distress. It is also indicated as a treatment for the management of acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome.[4]

    It can sometimes be prescribed to ease symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome combined with clidinium bromide as a fixed dose medication, Librax.[8]

    Dosage

    The dose for anxiety is often 10 mg three times per day with smaller doses used in older people.[5]

    For alcohol withdrawal doses of 10 to 50 mg 4 times per day and than reduced over 5 to 10 days may be used.[5]

    Side effects

    Sedative drugs and sleeping pills, including chlordiazepoxide, have been associated with an increased risk of death.[9] The studies had many limitations: possibly tending to overestimate risk, such as possible confounding by indication with other risk factors; confusing hypnotics with drugs having other indications;

    Common side-effects of chlordiazepoxide include:[10]

    Chlordiazepoxide in laboratory mice studies impairs latent learning. Benzodiazepines impair learning and memory via their action on benzodiazepine receptors, which causes a dysfunction in the cholinergic neuronal system in mice.[11] It was later found that scopolamine impairment in learning was caused by an increase in benzodiazapine/GABA activity (and that benzodiazepines were not associated with the cholinergic system).[12] In tests of various benzodiazepine compounds, chlordiazepoxide was found to cause the most profound reduction in the turnover of 5HT (serotonin) in rats. Serotonin is closely involved in regulating mood and may be one of the causes of feelings of depression in rats using chlordiazepoxide or other benzodiazepines.[13]

    In September 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required the boxed warning be updated for all benzodiazepine medicines to describe the risks of abuse, misuse, addiction, physical dependence, and withdrawal reactions consistently across all the medicines in the class.[14]

    Cautions

    Use of chlordiazepoxide should be avoided in individuals with the following conditions:

    Chlordiazepoxide is generally considered an inappropriate benzodiazepine for the elderly due to its long elimination half-life and the risks of accumulation.[15] Benzodiazepines require special precaution if used in the elderly, pregnancy, children, alcohol- or drug-dependent individuals and individuals with comorbid psychiatric disorders.[16]

    Tolerance

    Chronic use of benzodiazepines, such as chlordiazepoxide, leads to the development of tolerance, with a decrease in number of benzodiazepine binding sites in mouse forebrain.[17] The Committee of Review of Medicines, who carried out an extensive review of benzodiazepines including chlordiazepoxide, found—and were in agreement with the Institute of Medicine (USA) and the conclusions of a study carried out by the White House Office of Drug Policy and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (USA)—that there was little evidence that long-term use of benzodiazepines were beneficial in the treatment of insomnia due to the development of tolerance. Benzodiazepines tended to lose their sleep-promoting properties within 3–14 days of continuous use, and in the treatment of anxiety the committee found that there was little convincing evidence that benzodiazepines retained efficacy in the treatment of anxiety after 4 months' continuous use due to the development of tolerance.[18]

    Dependence

    Chlordiazepoxide can cause physical dependence and what is known as the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome. Withdrawal from chlordiazepoxide or other benzodiazepines often leads to withdrawal symptoms that are similar to those seen with alcohol and barbiturates. The higher the dose and the longer the drug is taken, the greater the risk of experiencing unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms can, however, occur at standard dosages and also after short-term use. Benzodiazepine treatment should be discontinued as soon as possible through a slow and gradual dose-reduction regime.[19]

    Chlordiazepoxide taken during pregnancy can cause a postnatal benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome.[20]

    Pregnancy

    The research into the safety of benzodiazepines during pregnancy is limited and it is recommended that use of benzodiazepines during pregnancy should be based on whether the benefits outweigh the risks. If chlordiazepoxide is used during pregnancy the risks can be reduced via using the lowest effective dose and for the shortest time possible. Benzodiazepines should generally be avoided during the first trimester of pregnancy. Chlordiazepoxide and diazepam are considered to be among the safer benzodiazepines to use during pregnancy in comparison to other benzodiazepines. Possible adverse effects from benzodiazepine use during pregnancy include, abortion, malformation, intrauterine growth retardation, functional deficits, carcinogenesis and mutagenesis. Caution is also advised during breast feeding as chlordiazepoxide passes into breast milk.[21][22]

    Overdose

    See also: Benzodiazepine overdose

    An individual who has consumed excess chlordiazepoxide may display some of the following symptoms:

    In animal models, the oral median lethal dose of chlordiazepoxide is 537 mg/kg.

    Chlordiazepoxide is a drug that is very frequently involved in drug intoxication, including overdose.[23] Chlordiazepoxide overdose is considered a medical emergency and, in general, requires the immediate attention of medical personnel. The antidote for an overdose of chlordiazepoxide (or any other benzodiazepine) is flumazenil. Flumazenil should be given with caution as it may precipitate severe withdrawal symptoms in benzodiazepine-dependent individuals.

    Pharmacology

    Chlordiazepoxide acts on benzodiazepine allosteric sites that are part of the GABAA receptor/ion-channel complex and this results in an increased binding of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA to the GABAA receptor thereby producing inhibitory effects on the central nervous system and body similar to the effects of other benzodiazepines.[24] Chlordiazepoxide is anticonvulsant.[25] There is preferential storage of chlordiazepoxide in some organs including the heart of the neonate. Absorption by any administered route and the risk of accumulation is significantly increased in the neonate. The withdrawal of chlordiazepoxide during pregnancy and breast feeding is recommended, as chlordiazepoxide rapidly crosses the placenta and also is excreted in breast milk.[26] Chlordiazepoxide also decreases prolactin release in rats.[27] Benzodiazepines act via micromolar benzodiazepine binding sites as Ca2+ channel blockers and significantly inhibit depolarization-sensitive Calcium uptake in animal nerve terminal preparations.[28] Chlordiazepoxide inhibits acetylcholine release in mouse hippocampal synaptosomes in vivo. This has been found by measuring sodium-dependent high affinity choline uptake in vitro after pretreatment of the mice in vivo with chlordiazepoxide. This may play a role in chlordiazepoxide's anticonvulsant properties.[29]

    Pharmacokinetics

    Chlordiazepoxide is a long-acting benzodiazepine drug. The half-life of Chlordiazepoxide is 5 – 30 hours but has an active benzodiazepine metabolite (desmethyldiazepam), which has a half-life of 36 – 200 hours.[30] The half-life of chlordiazepoxide increases significantly in the elderly, which may result in prolonged action as well as accumulation of the drug during repeated administration. Delayed body clearance of the long half-life active metabolite also occurs in those over 60 years of age, which further prolongs the effects of the drugs with additional accumulation after repeated dosing.[31]

    Despite its name, chlordiazepoxide is not an epoxide; they are formed from different roots.

    History

    Chlordiazepoxide (initially called methaminodiazepoxide) was the first benzodiazepine to be synthesized in the mid-1950s. The synthesis was derived from work on a class of dyes, quinazolone-3-oxides. It was discovered by accident when in 1957 tests revealed that the compound had hypnotic, anxiolytic, and muscle relaxant effects. "The story of the chemical development of Librium and Valium was told by Sternbach. The serendipity involved in the invention of this class of compounds was matched by the trials and errors of the pharmacologists in the discovery of the tranquilizing activity of the benzodiazepines. The discovery of Librium in 1957 was due largely to the dedicated work and observational ability of a gifted technician, Beryl Kappell. For some seven years she had been screening compounds by simple animal tests for muscle relaxant activity..."[32] Three years later chlordiazepoxide was marketed as a therapeutic benzodiazepine medication under the brand name Librium. Following chlordiazepoxide, in 1963 diazepam hit the market under the brand name Valium—and was followed by many further benzodiazepine compounds over the subsequent years and decades.[33]

    Chlordiazepoxide was initially accepted with widespread public approval but were followed with widespread public disapproval and recommendations for more restrictive guidelines for its use.[34]

    In 1959 it was used by over 2,000 physicians and more than 20,000 patients. It was described as "chemically and clinically different from any of the tranquilizers, psychic energizers or other psychotherapeutic drugs now available." During studies, chlordiazepoxide induced muscle relaxation and a quieting effect on laboratory animals like mice, rats, cats, and dogs. Fear and aggression were eliminated in much smaller doses than those necessary to produce hypnosis. Chlordiazepoxide is similar to phenobarbital in its anticonvulsant properties. However, it lacks the hypnotic effects of barbiturates. Animal tests were conducted in the Boston Zoo and the San Diego Zoo. Forty-two hospital patients admitted for acute and chronic alcoholism, and various psychoses and neuroses were treated with chlordiazepoxide. In a majority of the patients, anxiety, tension, and motor excitement were "effectively reduced." The most positive results were observed among alcoholic patients. It was reported that ulcers and dermatologic problems, both of which involving emotional factors, were reduced by chlordiazepoxide.[35]

    In 1963, approval for use was given to diazepam (Valium), a "simplified" version of chlordiazepoxide, primarily to counteract anxiety symptoms. Sleep-related problems were treated with nitrazepam (Mogadon), which was introduced in 1972, temazepam (Restoril), which was introduced in 1979, and flurazepam (Dalmane), which was introduced in 1975.[36]

    Society and culture

    Recreational use

    See also: Benzodiazepine drug misuse

    In 1963, Carl F. Essig of the Addiction Research Center of the National Institute of Mental Health stated that meprobamate, glutethimide, ethinamate, ethchlorvynol, methyprylon and chlordiazepoxide as drugs whose usefulness “can hardly be questioned.” However, Essig labeled these “newer products” as “drugs of addiction,” like barbiturates, whose habit-forming qualities were more widely known. He mentioned a 90-day study of chlordiazepoxide, which concluded that the automobile accident rate among 68 users was 10 times higher than normal. Participants' daily dosage ranged from 5 to 100 milligrams.[37]

    Chlordiazepoxide is a drug of potential misuse and is frequently detected in urine samples of drug users who have not been prescribed the drug.[38]

    Internationally, chlordiazepoxide is a Schedule IV controlled drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.[39]

    Availability

    Chlordiazepoxide is available in various dosage forms, alone or in combination with other drugs, worldwide. In combination with Clidinium as NORMAXIN-CC and in combination with dicyclomine as NORMAXIN for IBS, and with the anti-depressant Amitriptyline as Limbitrol.[40]

    See also

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