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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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The woman told deputies she met Stevens at a party, where she was given some sort of sleeping pill and was subsequently raped at that location, Walker said. 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. But it only took one sleeping pill for him to relapse. |
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