Flunitrazepam is an N-methyl-20
-fluoro analogue of
nitrazepam with a molecular mass 313.3 g/mol. Commonly,
flunitrazepam is manufactured by the pharmaceutical
company Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. 1 under
the trade name “Rohypnol” and commonly known
as “roofies” 1–6. Flunitrazepam has been particularly
clinically used in the short-term treatment of sleep
disturbances as a sedative and as a pre-anaesthetic
medication in intensive care.