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Diazepam relaxes skeletal muscles by inhibiting spinal polysynaptic afferent pathways.
It acts as an anti-convulsant by enhancing presynaptic inhibition. Management of anxiety disorders or for short term relief of the symptoms of anxiety. In acute alcohol withdrawal it may be useful in the relief of acute agitation, tremor, delirium, and hallucinations. Valium may also be used as an anticonvulsant to control status epilepticus. If taken during the first trimester of pregnancy, there is an increased risk of congenital birth defects.