remimazolam
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Remimazolam, sold under the brand name Byfavo, is a medication for the induction and maintenance of procedural sedation in adults for invasive diagnostic or surgical procedures lasting 30 minutes or less. It is a benzodiazepine drug, developed by PAION AG in collaboration with several regional licensees as an alternative to the short-acting imidazobenzodiazepine midazolam, for use in the induction of anesthesia and conscious sedation for minor invasive procedures.
Key facts
- Drug.CAS_number
- 308242-62-8
- Drug.Verifiedfields
- changed
- Drug.Watchedfields
- changed
- Drug.verifiedrevid
- 451607085
- Drug.image
- Remimazolam.svg
- Drug.image_class
- skin-invert-image
- Drug.width
- 222
- Drug.tradename
- Byfavo
- Drug.DailyMedID
- Remimazolam
- Drug.routes_of_administration
- Intravenous
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- N05
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- CD14
- Drug.legal_CA
- Schedule IV
- Drug.legal_DE
- Anlage III
- Drug.legal_UK
- PSA
- Drug.legal_US
- Schedule IV
- Drug.legal_EU
- Rx-only
- Drug.elimination_half life
- 45–70 minutes
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Remimazolam, sold under the brand name Byfavo, is a medication for the induction and maintenance of procedural sedation in adults for invasive diagnostic or surgical procedures lasting 30 minutes or less. It is a benzodiazepine drug, developed by PAION AG in collaboration with several regional licensees as an alternative to the short-acting imidazobenzodiazepine midazolam, for use in the induction of anesthesia and conscious sedation for minor invasive procedures.
Remimazolam was found to have both a more rapid onset and a shorter duration than midazolam, and human clinical trials showed a faster recovery time and predictable, consistent pharmacokinetics, suggesting some advantages over existing drugs for these applications.
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