3.Sedatives and hypnotics are widely prescribed to elderly persons with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance. 镇静与安眠药物被广泛地处方给老年忧郁、焦躁及睡眠障碍的病患。 4.The treatment of this disease not only depends on the usage of stimulants, hypnotics or antidepressants ...
This may lead to cumulative daytime sedative effects. In contemporary practice, short half-life BZ agonist hypnotics are most commonly prescribed. These have a low risk of daytime sedation and accumulation, but they must be tapered at the end of treatment to avoid rebound and other discontinuation...
However, by 1977, benzos were the number one most prescribed drug in the world. Benzodiazepines produce many of the same effects as barbiturates but supposedly produce fewer negative side effects. However, benzos also have a high potential for dependence. Most are used for therapeutic use but ...
In 1826 the bromides became the first sedatives after alcohol to be prescribed specifically for their sedative-hypnotic effects. Barbituric acid was next introduced in 1903, followed by chloral hydrate ("Mickey Finn") in 1932, meprobamate in 1955, and the benzodiazepines in 1961. The reasons f...
Only a sub-set of patients who are prescribed hypnotics, meet the criteria for "dependence" in long term. Other patients either discontinue it (as insomnia remits) or change to occasional use (since insomnia may be relapsing remitting disorder), or continue using it in low dose (since ...