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What is Temazepam?
Temazepam (marketed under brand names Normison, Temtabs, Euhypnos, Restoril, Remestan, Tenox and Norkotral) is an intermediate-acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine. It is generally prescribed for the short-term treatment of sleeplessness in patients who have difficulty maintaining sleep. Temazepam is not effective for induction of sleep. In addition, temazepam has anxiolytic (anti-anxiety), anticonvulsant, and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.
What is a lifestyle drug?
Lifestyle drugs represent the latest stage in a battle between those who believe so-called lifestyle disorders such as obesity and baldness should be treated, and those who believe they should not be "medicalised".
There are fears medicalisation leads people to look to doctors for easy answers, rather than making changes to their lives.
In recent years, drugs such as Viagra to treat male impotence, Propecia for baldness and Xenical and Reductil to combat obesity have been developed.
The British Medical Journal has published a survey in which some doctors classed infertility, obesity and depression as "non-diseases".
The list was topped by ageing, work-related problems and boredom. The top 20 also included jet lag, cellulite, and anxiety about penis size.
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