title: Fludiazepam
text: Fludiazepam, marketed under the brand name Erispan (エリスパン) is a potent benzodiazepine and 2ʹ-fluoro derivative of diazepam, originally developed by Hoffmann-La Roche in the 1960s. It is marketed in Japan and Taiwan.  It exerts its pharmacological properties via enhancement of GABAergic inhibition. Fludiazepam has 4 times more binding affinity for benzodiazepine receptors than diazepam. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative, hypnotic and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. Fludiazepam has been used recreationally.
  
  See also 
   Diazepam
   Diclazepam (the 2ʹ-chloro analog)
   Difludiazepam (the 2',6'-difluoro derivative)
   Flunitrazepam (the 7-nitro analog)
   Flualprazolam (the triazolo derivative)
   Ro20-8552
  
  References
  
  External links 
   
    Official Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Website
  
  Benzodiazepines
  Sedatives
  Hypnotics
  Anticonvulsants
  Anxiolytics
  Lactams
  Chloroarenes
  Fluoroarenes
  GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators