RT Book, Section
A1 Smollin, Craig
A1 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1175795179
T1 Ethanol, Benzodiazepines, & Other Sedative-Hypnotic Agents Overdose
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2021
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260469868
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175795179
RD 2022/01/25
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.