TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Ethanol, Benzodiazepines, & Other Sedative-Hypnotic Agents Overdose
A1  - Smollin, Craig
A2  - Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2  - McPhee, Stephen J.
A2  - Rabow, Michael W.
A2  - McQuaid, Kenneth R.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
AB  - The  group  of  agents  known  as  sedative-hypnotic  drugs  includes  a  variety  of  products  used  for  the  treatment  of  anxiety,  depression,  insomnia,  and  epilepsy.  Besides  common  benzodiazepines,  such  as  lorazepam,  alprazolam,  clonazepam,  diazepam,  oxazepam,  chlordiazepoxide,  and  triazolam,  this  group  includes  the  newer  benzodiazepine-like  hypnotics  zolpidem,  zopiclone,  and  zaleplon,  the  muscle  relaxants  baclofen  and  carisoprodol,  and  barbiturates  such  as  phenobarbital.  Ethanol  and  other  selected  agents  are  also  popular  recreational  drugs.  All  of  these  drugs  depress  the  central  nervous  system  reticular  activating  system,  cerebral  cortex,  and  cerebellum.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184179646
ER  -