Talk:Nordazepam

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About the abuse section? Hello? Interpreting these results are meaningless, what are therapeutic and for who? dose is err very dependant on the person taking it, also tolerance with say... chronic users? So dose does not mean much. Well, come on, this needs cleaning, or at least a professional, augh, I'll just get my MD and come back change the entire article.Rodidrepnu (talk) 14:53, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Abuse

Nordazepam and other sedative hypnotic drugs are detected frequently in cases of people suspected of driving under the influence of drugs. Other benzodiazepines and zolpidem and zopiclone are also found in high numbers of suspected drugged drivers. Many drivers have blood levels far exceeding the therapeutic dose range suggesting a high degree of abuse potential for benzodiazepines and zolpidem and zopiclone.[3]

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What does zopiclone and zolpidem have to do with nordiazepam?! This is off topic and contains some irrelevant references and some of it is completely repetitive.--Jmcclare (talk) 03:02, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. This section is off-topic and lacks neutrality. I have no access to the cited article, but if it does not mention Nordazepam by name, the citation needs to be scrapped. If the citation is scrapped, the Abuse section needs to be reworked around data from a more relevant article, or also scrapped. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.4.136.161 (talk) 07:49, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Where are the numbers for the half life of nordazepam coming from? This is the metabolite that is supposed to give diazepam its huge half life. I think the half life for this is 36 - 200 hours and the half life for diazepam (i imagine a number extrapolated from its major metabolites) is 20 - 100.

I would like to see a citation linking the half life of this major metabolite to the given number which i think is wrong as it stands. However i can't change it because i can't find a suitable citation for it and i'm NOT in to editing Wiki pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.13.18 (talk) 16:10, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for bringing this to the wikipedia community's attention. What do you think that the correct half life is? I have changed it to say 36-200 hours and used Prof Ashton's half life table as a reference. There will be some variation on half life depending on the source used, mainly because individual clinical studies will find different lows and maximum half life due to patient variability, although the studies are universal in that desmethyldiazepam (nordiazepam) has a very long elimination half-life.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 23:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm supposed to be studying for an exam and checked here on Wikipedia...according to my lecture notes, nordazepam is metabolised to oxazepam. I was really hoping Wiki could back it up, but obviously still a lot of work to be done. I might come back here when exams are finished.123.211.190.87 (talk) 09:09, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]