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- From: mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline)
- Subject: Re: Sleeping Pills
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.121820.1775@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- References: <1992Jul21.021434.1918@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 12:18:20 EDT
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- In article <1992Jul21.021434.1918@leland.Stanford.EDU> underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
- >My memory seems to have faded, but what is the principal ingredient
- >in sleeping pills that are not over-the-counter (OTC)?
-
- The mostly widely prescribed hypnotic drugs ("sleeping pills"), and far
- and away the safest, are the benzodiazepine cousins of valium, including
- Dalmane (flurazepam), Halcion (triazolam), and others.
- Choral hydrate, a real old timer, is still available, but is much more
- dangerous in overdose. I believe that methaqualone (Quaalude) has
- been taken off the market. A few other nonbarbiturates
- are still available (e.g., glutethimide (Doriden),
- methpyrlon (Noludar), ethchlorvynol (Placidyl)) but are not widely used.
- Barbiturates such as Seconal were at one time the mostly used but are
- now very rarely used, since they are quite habit forming and very dangerous
- in overdose.
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