... because these medications, classified as Schedules II and IV drugs, are for short-term use and are contraindicated for long-term use and carry the possibility of tolerance and physical or psychologic drug dependence or habituation, especially in large doses. Benzodiazepines are safer for use than central nervous system (CNS) depressants because these medications have few ... actions outside the CNS, thus having lower potential for abuse and producing less tolerance and physical dependence. The site of action of benzodiazepines is the gastrointestinal tract, via the oral route of adminis...

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