Assertion: benzodiazepine | /r/HasAspect | abuse potential
Facets:
value: compared with other drugs of abuse
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Whilst all benzodiazepines have abuse potential, certain characteristics increase the potential of particular benzodiazepines for abuse.
text: Relative to these drugs, the benzodiazepines have fewer unfavourable side effects and less abuse potential; thus, they have replaced barbiturates and meprobamate in the treatment of anxiety.
text: Although benzodiazepines in therapeutic doses have been claimed to have little abuse potential compared with other drugs of abuse (Warburton 1988), their abuse liability may vary along the dose-response curve, becoming greater at doses above the therapeutic range (Strang el al. 1993).
text: Although benzodiazepines are legally prescribed medications, they have considerable abuse potential and their misuse can have detrimental results, particularly when combined with other substances.