1. Flunitrazepam: Uses, Interactions, Mechanism of Action - DrugBank Online

    https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01544

    Flunitrazepam is a powerful hypnotic drug that is a benzodiazepine derivative. It has powerful hypnotic, sedative, anxiolytic, and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. The drug is sometimes used as a date rape drug.

  2. Rohypnol - DEA.gov

    https://www.dea.gov/factsheets/rohypnol

    Rohypnol® is a trade name for flunitrazepam, a CNS depressant that belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines. Flunitrazepam is also marketed as generic preparations and other trade name products outside of the United States. Like other benzodiazepines, Rohypnol® produces sedative-hypnotic, anti-anxiety, and muscle relaxant effects.

  3. Rohypnol: Effects, Hazards & Methods of Abuse - Drugs.com

    https://www.drugs.com/illicit/rohypnol.html

    Rohypnol is a benzodiazepine drug that can cause amnesia, sedation, and muscle relaxation. It is often used illegally as a date-rape drug or to enhance the effects of other drugs, but it is not available legally in the U.S.

  4. Rohypnol Fast Facts - United States Department of Justice

    https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs6/6074/index.htm

    Rohypnol, a trade name for the drug flunitrazepam, is a central nervous system depressant. The drug is legally manufactured and available outside the United States but is neither manufactured nor approved for sale within the United States.

  5. Flunitrazepam | Description, Effects, Recreational Use, Date Rape ...

    https://www.britannica.com/science/flunitrazepam

    Flunitrazepam is a benzodiazepine drug known for its sedative, hypnotic, and anxiolytic (antianxiety) properties and for its illicit use, most notably as a so-called date rape drug.

  6. Flunitrazepam: A Review of its Pharmacological Properties and ...

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00003495-198020050-00002

    Synopsis: Flunitrazepam1 is a benzodiazepine derivative whose hypnotic effect predominates over the sedative, anxiolytic, muscle-relaxing and anticonvulsan.

  7. Flunitrazepam - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/flunitrazepam

    Flunitrazepam (FNZ) is a sedative–hypnotic benzodiazepine with important therapeutic usefulness and significant abuse liability. Its capability to induce anterograde amnesia favors FNZ use as a “date-rape drug” administered often at a bar or party (“club drug”) by adding it unknowingly to the drinks of victims who will have limited ...

  8. Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) Fact Sheet & Harm Reduction Guide

    https://tripsitter.com/benzodiazepines/flunitrazepam/

    Flunitrazepam is a benzodiazepine compound best known for its use as a date rape drug. Here's what you need to know to stay safe.

  9. Flunitrazepam - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/flunitrazepam

    Flunitrazepam (FNZ) (Figure 1) is a sedativehypnotic benzodiazepine that is used for short-term treatment of insomnia, for premedication in surgical procedures, and for inducing anesthesia (Jenkins et al., 2008; Smith, 1994).