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 ...

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 ...