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sleeping pill, a pill containing medication that induces sleep. Benzodiazepines benzodiazepine (bĕn'zōdīăz`əpēn') ..... Click the link for more information. such as temazepam (Restoril) and triazolam (Halcion) have for the most part replaced barbiturates barbiturate (bärbĭch`ərāt'), any one of a group of drugs that act as depressants on the central nervous system . ..... Click the link for more information. as drugs of choice for insomnia. Imidaopyridines, such as zolpidem tartrate, are also sometimes used for short-term treatment; they are nonbenzodiazepines but work by acting on benzodiazepine receptors. |
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Amanda is asked by her friend, Sasha, to look into the death of her stepmother, whose body Sasha had discovered, her death apparently caused by a lethal combination of alcohol and sleeping pills. This series veers from Richie pondering whether to pick up the phone while his mouth's full of sleeping pills to high-strung news reporter Holly (Lucy Punch) getting thwacked in the head by a wind-blown stop sign. The findings might also guide researchers to drugs that could promote sleep by turning off select parts of the brain rather than the more-widespread neural areas that existing sleeping pills shut down. |
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