Hypnotic Drugs: Pharmacological and Therapeutic Issues
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Hypnotic drugs.
THIS review will treat the more commonly prescribed hypnotic agents and their sleep-inducing properties. Hypnotic agents that are seldom used (paraldehyde), drugs that are not singularly soporific but may be used either alone or as adjuncts in inducing sleep [e.g. meprobamate (Equanil, Miltown), chlordiazepoxide (Librium) and diazepam (Valium)] and drugs that have little soporific effect [antih...
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عنوان ژورنال: SOJ Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2374-6866
DOI: 10.15226/2374-6866/5/1/00173