Zaleplon

Zaleplon Zaleplon (Sonata®/Starnoc®) is a sedative/hypnotic, mainly used for insomnia. It is a nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic from the pyrazolopyrimidine class. Zaleplon - Chemistry. Zaleplon is a white to off-white powder that has very low solubility in water as well as low solubility in alcohol and propylene glycol. It has a partition coefficient in octanol/water is constant (log PC = 1.23) when the pH range is between 1 and 7. Zaleplon - Mode of actionIncluding:

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Taken orally, Zaleplon reaches full concentration in approximately one hour. It is extensively metabolised, into 5-oxo-zaleplon and 5-oxo-desethylzaleplon (the latter via desethylzaleplon), with less than 1% of it excreted intact in urine. Zaleplon interacts with the GABA receptor complex and shares some of the pharmacological properties of the benzodiazepines. Although not a benzodiazepine, Zaleplon can cause similar effects: anterograde amnesia (forgetting the period during the effects) as the most common. Zaleplon is primarily metabolised by aldehyde oxidase, and its half-life can be affected by substance ...

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A sedative is a drug that depresses the central nervous system (CNS), which causes calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, slowed breathing, slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes. Sedatives may be referred to as tranquilizers, depressants, anxiolytics, soporifics, sleeping pills, downers, or sedative-hypnotics. At high doses or when they are abused, many of these drugs can cause unconsciousness and death. Sedative - Types of sedative. ...

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ATC code N05 - N05A Antipsychotics. ATC code N05 - N05AA Phenothiazines with aliphatic side-chain. N05AA01 Chlorpromazine N05AA02 Levomepromazine N05AA03 Promazine N05AA04 Acepromazine N05AA05 Triflupromazine N05AA06 Cyamemazine N05AA07 Chlorproethazine ATC code N05 - N05AB Phenothiazines with piperazine structure. N05AB01 Dixyrazine N05AB02 Fluphenazine N05AB03 Perphenazine N ...

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Doctors and nurses often administer sedation to patients in order to dull the patient's anxiety related to painful or anxiety-provoking procedures. Athough sedatives do not relieve pain in themselves, they can be a useful adjunct to analgesics in preparing patients for surgery, and are commonly given to patients before they are anaesthetized, or before other highly uncomfortable and invasive procedures like cardiac catheterization or MRI. They increase tractability and compliance of children or troublesome or demanding patients. Patients in intensive care units are almost always sedated (unless they a ...

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All sedatives can be abused, but barbiturates are responsible for most of the problems with sedative abuse due to their widespread "recreational" or non-medical use, as well as over-prescribing by medical doctors. People who have difficulty dealing with stress, anxiety or sleeplessness may overuse or become dependent on sedatives. Heroin users take them either to supplement their drug or to substitute for it. Stimulant users frequently take sedatives to calm excessive jitteriness. Others take sedatives recreationally to relax and forget thei ...

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ATC code N05 - N05B Anxiolytics. ATC code N05 - N05BA Benzodiazepine derivatives. N05BA01 Diazepam N05BA02 Chlordiazepoxide N05BA03 Medazepam N05BA04 Oxazepam N05BA05 Potassium clorazepate N05BA06 Lorazepam N05BA07 Adinazolam N05BA08 Bromazepam N05BA09 Clobazam N05BA10 Ketazolam N05BA11 Prazepam N05BA12 Alprazolam N05BA13 Halazepam N05BA14 Pinazepam N05BA15 Camazepam See also:

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