Sedative-Hypnotics

Barbiturates:

Amobarbital (Amytal)
Pentobarbital (Nembutal)
Secobarbital (Seconal)
Phenobarbital (Luminal)

Anxiolytics (Benzodiazepines):

Diazepam (Valium)
Alprazolam (Xanax)
Oxazepam (Serax)
Triazolam (Halcion)
Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
Lorazepam (Ativan)
Barbiturates Uses:

Due to lethal effects and development of safer and more effective drugs, now infrequently prescribed.
Barbiturates Side Effects:
- slurred speech
- nystagmus
- dizziness
- irritability
- impaired motor and cognitive performance
Barbiturates Overdose:
- ataxia
- confusion
- agitation
- respiratory depression
- death
- drug-induced birth defects and/or congenital dependence
- soporific (sleep-inducing) effects generally last for only a few weeks
Anxiolytics Uses (most widely-used psychiatric medication):
- relieve anxiety
- treat sleep disturbances
- seizures
- cerebral palsy
- other disorders involving muscle spasm
- alcohol withdrawal
Anxiolytics Side Effects:
- drowsiness
- lethargy
- slurred speech
- ataxia
- impaired psychomotor ability
- irritability
- hostility
- paradoxical excitation
- increased appetite and weight gain
- skin rash
- blood dyscrasia
- impaired sexual functioning
- disorientation
- confusion
- anterodrade amnesia
- depression

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Sedative-Hypnotics

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Drugs, Uses, Side Effects

Updated

2010-09-17T19:32:32Z

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