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Epic card · Science
Benzodiazepine, an Epic card
Benzodiazepines, colloquially known as "benzos", are a class of central nervous system depressant drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 93
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 191
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 730,000
Ranked #138 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Benzodiazepine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Benzodiazepine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
By 1977, ______ were the most prescribed medications globally.
Answer
benzodiazepines. By 1977, benzodiazepines were the most prescribed medications globally. From the Benzodiazepine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Isaac Newton. Isaac Newton 2,500,000 · Cocaine 930,000 · Benzodiazepine 730,000 · Belt and Road Initiative 510,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- They are prescribed to treat conditions such as anxiety disorders, insomnia, and seizures.
- The first benzodiazepine, chlordiazepoxide, was discovered accidentally by Leo Sternbach in 1955, and was made available in 1960 by Hoffmann–La Roche, which followed up by developing diazepam in 1963.
- By 1977, benzodiazepines were the most prescribed medications globally.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Benzodiazepine article was read about 730,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 93 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Benzodiazepine
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Benzodiazepine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
