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'''Hypnotics''', or '''soporifics''', are a class of drugs which promote and induce sleep. They are the opposite of [[eugeroic]]s which promote [[wakefulness]].<ref> | '''Hypnotics''', or '''soporifics''', are a class of drugs which promote and induce sleep. They are the opposite of [[eugeroic]]s which promote [[wakefulness]].<ref>{{Citation | year=2008 | title=Dorlands Medical Dictionary:hypnotic | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211091401/http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/four/000051451.htm}}</ref> They are commonly distributed in the form of pharmaceutical drugs prescribed to treat insomnia. | ||
They differ from [[sedative]]s which are [[anxiolytic]], muscle relaxing, and euphoric.<ref> | They differ from [[sedative]]s which are [[anxiolytic]], muscle relaxing, and euphoric.<ref> | ||
Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics | | Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics | | ||
Chapter 17. Hypnotics and Sedatives | http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=374§ionid=41266223</ref> They both often overlap leading to the term "sedative-hypnotics." Many hypnotics such as [[zopiclone]] can disturb the first sleep cycle and should not be used as a long-term solution to insomnia for this reason.<ref>Criteria for selection of appropriate benzodiazepine hypnotic therapy | Chapter 17. Hypnotics and Sedatives | http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=374§ionid=41266223</ref> They both often overlap leading to the term "sedative-hypnotics." Many hypnotics such as [[zopiclone]] can disturb the first sleep cycle and should not be used as a long-term solution to insomnia for this reason.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Mendels, J.)) | journal=The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry | title=Criteria for selection of appropriate benzodiazepine hypnotic therapy | volume=52 Suppl | pages=42–46 | date= September 1991 | issn=0160-6689}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Hypnotics, or soporifics, are a class of drugs which promote and induce sleep. They are the opposite of eugeroics which promote wakefulness.[1] They are commonly distributed in the form of pharmaceutical drugs prescribed to treat insomnia.
They differ from sedatives which are anxiolytic, muscle relaxing, and euphoric.[2] They both often overlap leading to the term "sedative-hypnotics." Many hypnotics such as zopiclone can disturb the first sleep cycle and should not be used as a long-term solution to insomnia for this reason.[3]
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- ↑ Dorlands Medical Dictionary:hypnotic, 2008
- ↑ Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics | Chapter 17. Hypnotics and Sedatives | http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=374§ionid=41266223
- ↑ Mendels, J. (September 1991). "Criteria for selection of appropriate benzodiazepine hypnotic therapy". The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 52 Suppl: 42–46. ISSN 0160-6689.