HYPNOTIC DRUGS

drugs that induce sleep, sometimes called soporifics. In general, hypnotics are central nervous system depressants. Alcohol, laudanum (see opium), bromide salts, and herbs such as valerian have been used as hypnotics. Barbiturates and benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed hypnotics. Smaller doses of these same drugs may be used as sedatives.

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books on: Hypnotic Drugs  - 431 results

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Sedatives and Hypnotics: Deadly Downers
Book by Ida Walker; Mason Crest, 2008
Subjects: Hypnotics, Sedatives
...doctors believe that sedative-hypnotics should not be prescribed...Studies have linked sedative-hypnotic drugs with birth defects...mothers were taking sedative-hypnotics were also reported to suffer...medica- tions or illegal drugs, some babies have shown sedative- hypnotic drug withdrawal symptoms at birth...
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Entrancing Relationships: Exploring the Hypnotic Framework of Addictive Relationships
Book by Don J. Feeney Jr.; Praeger, 1999
Subjects: Hypnotism, Relationship Addiction
...passion. The fixation and hypnotic high of the sexual stimuli...preoccupied in an entranced, hypnotic pursuit of "whats mine" justifies...distance. The push-pull hypnotic dance has its own perverse...hypnotically like designer drugs. They induce each others fantasy...
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Hypnotic Leadership: Leaders, Followers, and the Loss of Self
Book by Micha Popper; Praeger, 2001
Subjects: Brainwashing, Control (Psychology), Dominance (Psychology), Leadership
...rela- tions but in the more extreme cases (represented by hypnotic lead- ership), one of highly charged emotional relationships...in these stages can be like strong drink to an alcoholic or drugs to an addict: The addiction leads to total dependence. But...
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Understanding Drugs of Abuse: The Processes of Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery
Book by Mim J. Landry; American Psychiatric Press, 1994
Subjects: Drug Abuse, Drug Abuse--Treatment
...1950s, various sedative-hypnotic drugs were introduced as...tolerance to the sedative, hypnotic, and euphoric qualities...anxiety, the sedative-hypnotics listed above are still prescribed and are still drugs of abuse. Alcohol. Alcohol...nonbenzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic drug. It causes an overall...
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The War against Drugs
Book by Michael Kerrigan; Mason Crest, 2003
Subjects: Drug Abuse--Prevention--Juvenile Literature
...pipe. This presented the drug in a far more addictive form...ruthless opportunism of the drug trade. For years, cocaine was the glamorous drug of the wealthy middle classes...the price in the long run. HYPNOTIC DRUGS AND HALLUCINOGENS Hypnotic...
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journal articles on: Hypnotic Drugs  - 195 results

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Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy Data for Me Hypnotic Halcion(R): Results of an Analysis by an Institute of Medicine Committee
Journal article by Robert D. Gibbons, Byron W. M. Brown, Daniel L. Azarnoff, William E. Bunney, Robert Cancro, John C. Gillin, Sandra Hullett, Keith F. Killam, John H. Krystal, David J. Kupfer, Paul D. Stolley, Andrew M. Pope, Geoffrey S. French; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 94, 1999
Subjects: Drugs, Halcion (Medication)--Usage, Insomnia--Care and treatment, Pharmaceutical industry--Product information, Product safety--Reports, Upjohn Co.--Product information
...Efficacy Data for Me Hypnotic Halcion(R): Results...On reviewing the New Drug Application, the FDAs...Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee...about the safety of the drug to cause Public Citizen...first 6 years of the drugs marketing. For example...another benzodiazepine hypnotic drug. Wysowski and Barash...
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The Genetics of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence
Journal article by Danielle M. Dick, Arpana Agrawal; Alcohol Research & Health, Vol. 31, 2008
Subjects: Alcoholism--Genetic aspects, Alcoholism--Research, Drug abuse--Genetic aspects, Drug abuse--Research, Genetic research--Reports
...the metabolism of individual drugs. The idea that alcohol and drug dependence share a genetic...and dependence on illicit drugs. Therefore, meaningful studies...sample sizes to include enough drug-dependent people with no...critical targets for sedative-hypnotic drugs. Journal of Clinical Sleep...genetic mechanisms in alcohol, drug, and mental disorder co...
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Prescription Drug Abuse in Canada and the Diversion of Prescription Drugs into the Illicit Drug Market
Journal article by Emma Haydon, Jürgen Rehm, Benedikt Fischer, Neerav Monga, Edward Adlaf; Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 96, 2005
Subjects: Addictions, Canada, Drug abuse, Drug overdose, Mental health, Narcotics, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Pharmaceutical industry, Polls & surveys, Prescription drugs, Students, Tranquilizers
...Prescription drug abuse in the illicit drug market Drugs intended to be used by prescription...make their way into the illicit drug market in a number of ways...dealers of prescription sedative/hypnotic and narcotic drugs in Vancouvers Downtown Eastside...
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Terminal Sedation, Terminal Elation, and Medical Parsimony*[Dagger
Journal article by Y. Michael Barilan; Vol. 20, 2004
Subjects: Drugs, Health care, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Medical ethics, Psychotropic Drugs
...in elevating his consciousness, the drug did far more than relieve his pain...the potential role of mind-altering drugs in terminal care. Such drugs-mainly...possibly want. Evidently psychotropic drugs may not be necessary for such work...consciousness in order to accomplish it. Drug-induced trips might become extreme...powerful aura bestowed on psychoactive drugs by authors such as Huxley and by the drug frenzy of the flower generation has biased...
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Drug Trends in Wales
Journal article by Andrew J. McBride, Richard Pates, Morfydd Keen; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 28, 1998
Subjects: Drug abuse, History, National Health Service-UK, Social conditions & trends, Substance abuse treatment, Wales
...funding, availability of drugs, prevailing drug use patterns, changing...d.) investigated drug use among 13,437 children...mushrooms, 9% had taken drugs in tablet form, and...opioids, and 1% hypnotic/anxiolytics. One...those taking prescribed drugs and the large black...the Welsh Committee on Drug Misuse (1991) offering...but other, newer hypnotic/anxiolytics are taking...
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magazine articles on: Hypnotic Drugs  - 128 results

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Legal Q&a: Am I Interfering on Sleep Hypnotics?
Magazine article by Ken Baker; Drug Topics, Vol. 144, September 18, 2000
Subjects: Medical ethics, Pharmacists, Prescription drugs, United States
...Am I Interfering on Sleep Hypnotics? by Ken Baker Q: I am concerned...physicians overprescribing hypnotic medications such as Ambien...stated maximum dose? Whether a drug should be taken is a question...the patient and what other drugs the patient is taking...decide to tell the patient this drug is usually for short-term...pharmacist may have a duty of drug review. When faced with a...
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Drugs of Abuse: a Pharmacist's Guide
Magazine article by Ian R. Tebbett; Drug Topics, Vol. 151, March 19, 2007
Subjects: Drug abuse, Drug addiction, Prescription drugs, United States
...adulterated with other drugs such as strychnine...administer the drug intravenously to...by placing the drug on aluminum foil...hypnotics The sedative hypnotics are a class of drugs that have antianxiety and hypnotic effects, making...alcohol and other drugs. Sedative/hypnotic abusers tend to...cannot obtain their drug of choice. Large...other sedative hypnotics also have the potential...
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Therapeutic Options and the Treatment of Insomnia
Magazine article by Jessica L. Goren, Gary M. Levin; Drug Topics, Vol. 143, January 4, 1999
Subjects: Continuing education, Drug therapy, Insomnia, Pharmacists, United States
...population who ingest hypnotics, 11% do so for...perpetuate each other. Drugs used to treat mental...disruptions, or drug-related causes...frequently requires no drug treatment. Short...treated by sedative-hypnotic drugs. In recent years...sedative-hypnotic drugs has become controversial...Before initiation of drug therapy, one must...
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A Guide to Senior Care
Magazine article by Elena Portyansky; Drug Topics, Vol. 143, September 6, 1999
Subjects: Aging, Drug therapy, Health care, Medical research, Older people, Pharmacists, Side effects, United States
...make up another group of drugs that are responsible for a...than any other sedative or hypnotic drugs. These agents are highly addictive...news is that the use of these drugs in the elderly population has...consultant pharmacists contacted by Drug Top/cs. In the benzodiazepine...
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Border Study Raises More Questions on Narcotics
Magazine article by Fred Gebhart; Drug Topics, Vol. 140, April 8, 1996
Subjects: Boundaries, Competition, Drug stores, Mexico, Prescription drugs, United States
...Instead, we found sedative/hypnotic agents, antianxiety drugs, stimulants, and narcotic...reasonable" amount of prescription drugs for personal use, usually...as a 90-day supply. The drugs must be covered by an Rx that...checked more than 6,500 random drug declarations filed at the Laredo...
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Hypnotic Path to a Pain-Free Operation; Good Health
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 6, 1996
Hypnotic Path to a Pain-Free Operation; Good...of a colleague, he had entered a deep hypnotic state, under which he felt anaesthetised...is a safe, non-toxic substitute for drugs and is very useful for relaxation and anxiety...
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Tilda Goes on a Bender; Hypnotic: Tilda Swinton Plays the Drunk Julia as a Delusional Figure Devoid of a Sense of Self
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 4, 2008
Tilda Goes on a Bender; Hypnotic: Tilda Swinton Plays the Drunk Julia...of our eyes. The constant motion is hypnotic. I wondered sometimes about her accent...grandfathers maxim that people who take drugs are "weak", Julias blink of surprise...
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She Gave Drugs to Addicts, but This GP Still Won't Be Forced to Leave Her Job
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 12, 2009
Subjects: General practitioners, Physicians (General practice), Tranquilizing agents, Tranquilizing drugs
She Gave Drugs to Addicts, but This GP Still...prescribed the date-rape drug Rohypnol and other tranquilizers...issued for tranquilizer-type drugs such as Diazepam, Rohypnol...prescribe large quantities of the drugs even after she was visited...of benzodiazepines and other hypnotic drugs, and get proper training...
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Date Rape Danger Drug Still on Sale in Dublin
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), February 28, 1999
Subjects: Drugs, Pharmaceutical industry, Roche Holding AG
...pounds 5 a tablet. The powerful hypnotic drug is of the old batch of...the purple diamond-shaped drug, which sends its victims into...have put a blue dye in the drug since July last year making...proves that the old type of the drug is still widely available...these women was tested for drugs within 48 hours of the assault...
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Ulster's Doctors Hit by Drugs Ban; Exclusive
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 5, 2007
Subjects: Drugs--Health aspects, Physicians--Health aspects
...the levels of these addictive drugs that are prescribed in some...anxiety, seizures and alcohol or drug withdrawal. And Temazepam is a hypnotic drug used as a sleeping tablet by...warned about these powerful drugs particularly after children...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hypnotic Drugs  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Hypnotic Drugs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HYPNOTIC DRUGS drugs that induce sleep...soporifics. In general, hypnotics are central nervous system...valerian have been used as hypnotics. Barbiturates and benzodiazepines...are frequently prescribed hypnotics. Smaller doses of these...
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Tranquilizer
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRANQUILIZER drug whose action calms the central nervous...impairing alertness. Tranquilizing drugs differ from hypnotic drugs such as barbiturates in that they...in modern Western medicine. Other drugs used as tranquilizers include the...
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Sedative
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEDATIVE any of a variety of drugs that relieve anxiety. Most sedatives act as mild depressants...lessening anxiety. In increasing doses sedatives act as hypnotics (see hypnotic drugs ), i.e., they induce sleep, and as anesthetics...
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Barbiturate
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...any one of a group of drugs that act as depressants...increased doses have a hypnotic or sleep-inducing effect...Adolf von Baeyer. The drugs differ widely in the...physically addictive (see drug addiction and drug abuse...federal control by the 1965 Drug Abuse and Control Act...See publications of the Drugs Crime Data Center and...


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