A benzodiazepine medication used to treat anxiety disorders, panic attacks, and certain seizure disorders.
Pharmaceutical name from the 1970s, combining 'clon-' (possibly from 'clone' or related to chlorine compounds), '-azep-' from the benzodiazepine chemical family, and '-am' a common pharmaceutical suffix. The drug was developed by Roche as part of the benzodiazepine class discovered in the 1950s.
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