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Z-drugs

Z-drugs is the plural of Z-drug.

Meaning of Z-drug

Noun

Z-drug (plural Z-drugs)

  1. Any of a group of nonbenzodiazepine drugs with effects similar to benzodiazepines, used in the treatment of insomnia.
    • Estimates of effect size direction, while not attributable to a specific intervention or intervention type, were mixed with 47 % of trials being positive, 41 % negative, and 12 % undetermined, suggesting a lack of clarity regarding how to best deprescribe benzodiazepines and Z-drugs.2015 July 4, André S. Pollmann et al., “Deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in community-dwelling adults: a scoping review”, in BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology, volume 16, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    Z

Questions about Z-drugs

What is Z-drugs the plural of?
Z-drugs is the plural of Z-drug.

Words near Z-drugs in the dictionary

  1. Z-cars
  2. z-culling
  3. z-direction
  4. Z-DNA
  5. Z-drug
  6. Z-drugs
  7. z-fighting
  8. z-index
  9. z-indexes
  10. z-indices
  11. z-intercept

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