Fumazenil is an imidazobenzodiazepine derivative and a potent benzodiazepine receptor antagonist that competitively inhibits the activity at the benzodiazepine recognition site on the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor complex, thereby reversing the effects of benzodiazepine on the central nervous system.
For the complete or partial reversal of the sedative effects of benzodiazepines in cases where general anesthesia has been induced and/or maintained with benzodiazepines, and where sedation has been produced with benzodiazepines for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Also for the management of benzodiazepine overdose as an adjunct for appropriate support...
PRISMA Health Midlands, Columbia, South Carolina, United States
University of Michigan Functional Neuroimaging, Cognitive and Mobility Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Hospital Universitário USP, São Paulo, Brazil
Yale Psychological Medicine Research Center, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
Emory Sleep Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
James G. Sullivan, MD, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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