Hypnotic
To induce sleep (or surgical anesthesia ) and to treat insomnia (sleeplessness).
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Insomnia
Sleep disorder in which people have trouble sleeping.
While sleeping pills may help, they are sometimes associated with injuries, dementia, and addiction.
Benzodiazepine
Fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring.
Benzodiazepines are depressants that enhance the effect of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) at the GABAA receptor, resulting in sedative, hypnotic (sleep-inducing), anxiolytic (anti-anxiety), anticonvulsant, and muscle relaxant properties.
Chloral hydrate
Geminal diol with the formula C2H3Cl3O2.
It has limited use as a sedative and hypnotic pharmaceutical drug.
Drug overdose
Ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended.
Among sedative-hypnotics (F13)
Substance dependence
Biopsychological situation whereby an individual's functionality is dependent on the necessitated re-consumption of a psychoactive substance because of an adaptive state that has developed within the individual from psychoactive substance consumption that results in the experience of withdrawal and that necessitates the re-consumption of the drug.<ref name="NHM terms-DSM flaw"> A drug addiction, a distinct concept from substance dependence, is defined as compulsive, out-of-control drug use, despite negative consequences.
304.10 Sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic dependence (including benzodiazepine dependence and barbiturate dependence)
Sedative
Substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement.
This group is related to hypnotics.
Anesthesia
Not to be confused with Paresthesia and Anesthetic.
The types of drugs used include general anesthetics, local anesthetics, hypnotics, dissociatives, sedatives, adjuncts, neuromuscular-blocking drugs, narcotics, and analgesics.
Unconsciousness
State in which a living individual exhibits a complete, or near-complete, inability to maintain an awareness of self and environment or to respond to any human or environmental stimulus.
Unconsciousness may occur as the result of traumatic brain injury, brain hypoxia (inadequate oxygen, possibly due to a brain infarction or cardiac arrest), severe intoxication with drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system (e.g., alcohol and other hypnotic or sedative drugs), severe fatigue, pain, anaesthesia, and other causes.
Barbiturate
Drug that acts as a central nervous system depressant.
Barbiturates are effective as anxiolytics, hypnotics, and anticonvulsants, but have physical and psychological addiction potential as well as overdose potential among other possible adverse effects.