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In this study, we investigated the AEs of diazepam based on real data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adverse event reporting system (FAERS).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> Disproportionality in diazepam-associated AEs was assessed through the calculation of reporting odds ratios (RORs), proportional reporting ratios (PRRs), Bayesian confidence\u2013propagation neural networks (BCPNNs), and gamma-Poisson shrinkage (GPS).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Among the 19,514,140 case reports in the FAERS database, 15,546 reports with diazepam as the \u201cprincipal suspect (PS)\" AEs were identified. Diazepam-induced AEs occurred targeting 27 system organ categories (SOCs). Based on four algorithms, a total of 391 major disproportionate preferred terms (PTs) were filtered out. 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