The clinical use is of benzodiazepines (BZDs) is limited due to adverse effects.
Partial or subtype selective agonists at the BZD receptor may have advantages.
One of these compounds, abecarnil, exerts anxiolytic activity in patients.
Here, we compared abecarnil and flumazenil in patients with photosensitive epilepsy.
Abecarnil was antiepileptic and significantly differed from both placebo and flumazenil.