What is "nitrazepam"

n. A benzodiazepine drug with sedative, anxiolytic, amnestic, anticonvulsant and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.

n. a hypnotic and sedative drug of the benzodiazepine type

Nitrazepam is a hypnotic drug of the benzodiazepine class, indicated for the short-term relief of severe, disabling anxiety and insomnia. It also has sedative and motor-impairing properties, as well as amnestic, anticonvulsant, and skeletal muscle relaxant effects.

It is marketed under the trade names: Alodorm, Apodorm, Arem, Insoma, Insomin, Mogadon, Nitrados, Nitrazadon, Nitrosun, Ormodon, Paxadorm, Remnos, and Somnite.