Sedative-, hypnotic-, or anxiolytic- (SHA-) related disorders include SHA intoxication, SHA withdrawal, and SHA-use disorder. These disorders result from abuse of a class of medications known as ...

THE questions of when to use, which to use and what may be accomplished from sedative-hypnotic drugs are, at times, very perplexing. The recent introduction into therapy of several new groups of these ...

The use of sedative-hypnotics during breast cancer chemotherapy puts women at risk of becoming dependent on them, say researchers reporting a review of almost 46,000 patients. The drugs, which include ...

Hallucinated sexual assaults and erotic fantasies induced by sedatives, including midazolam, may occur during procedures like dental restorations, putting clinicians at risk of legal troubles, ...

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. A randomized JAMA trial shows that simple, behaviorally designed electronic health record ...

AMONG the nonbarbiturate sedative drugs that have recently been introduced has been 3,3-diethyl-2,4-dioxotetrahydropyridine (pyrithyldione), which has been marketed under the trade name of Presidon.

Metoclopramide is a central dopamine D2-receptor antagonist used as an antiemetic and gastroprokinetic agent in dogs and cats 1,2,3,4. It has been used experimentally in pigeons as an antiemetic agent ...