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| | eMedicine - Toxicity, Sedative-Hypnotics : Article Excerpt by: Jeffrey S Cooper, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Benzodiazepines and barbiturates are the most commonly used agents in this class. |
 | | Other agents include the nonbarbiturate nonbenzodiazepine sedative-hypnotics, such as buspirone, zolpidem, ethchlorvynol, glutethimide, chloral hydrate, meprobamate, methaqualone, methyprylon, carisoprodol, and gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and its analog gamma-butyrolactone (GBL). |
 | | These agents are also commonly abused as recreational drugs. |
| www.emedicine.com /emerg/byname/toxicity-sedative-hypnotics.htm (301 words) |
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