Encyclopedia > Hypnotic

Article Content

Hypnotic

A hypnotic is any drug that induces sleep, used in the treatment of severe insomnia.

Drugs used include barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cyclopyrrolone[?], chloral hydrate[?], chlormethiazole[?] or the antihistamines[?] promethazine and diphenhydramine.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Jamesport, New York

... every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.9 males. The median income for a household in the town is $67,891, and the median income for a family is $80,748. Males ...