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. Y1 - 2023 N1 - T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 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. Phenibut, a GABAB agonist, has gained popularity in recent years, and is associated with CNS depression and a withdrawal syndrome. Ethanol and other selected agents are also popular recreational drugs. All of these drugs depress the CNS reticular activating system, cerebral cortex, and cerebellum. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/09 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193161713 ER -