NCIt definition : The hydrochloride salt form of chlordiazepoxide, a long-acting benzodiazepine with
anxiolytic, sedative and hypnotic activity. Chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride exerts
its effect by binding to the benzodiazepine site at the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
receptor-chloride ionophore complex in the central nervous system (CNS). This leads
to an increase in the opening of chloride channels, membrane hyperpolarization, and
increases the inhibitory effect of GABA on the CNS.;