Rakkai t1_jefvixq wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:36 PM Reply to ELI5: If benzodiazepines are CNS depressants, why is it so hard to die from a overdose of them alone? by psychrolute Benzos don't surpress the CNS on their own. They amplify the effects of your natural CNS surpressants (or other articifical ones, which is why they are very dangerous in combination with e.g. ethanol). Permalink 9
Rakkai t1_jefvixq wrote
Reply to ELI5: If benzodiazepines are CNS depressants, why is it so hard to die from a overdose of them alone? by psychrolute
Benzos don't surpress the CNS on their own.
They amplify the effects of your natural CNS surpressants (or other articifical ones, which is why they are very dangerous in combination with e.g. ethanol).