Hypnotics

By: Hannah Rogers and Shyanna Jimenez

General Information

It is a depressant Very strong drug that brings on sleep Also called Ludes and Soporifics It comes as a pill or capsules

EFFECTS OF THE DRUG

Impaired Coordination and JudgmentInternal BleedingComaDeath

How Is It Harmful?

It can kill you if you ODInternal BleedingComa

Facts About Hypnotics

•These Drugs are used in hospitals• require a much smaller dosage than barbiturates to achieve their effects

Pictures

Coma

Do you really wanna be dead??

Pictures Cont…

Brings On SleepOne Type of the pill

FactsSedative-hypnotics are a group of drugs that cause CNS depression. Benzodiazepines and barbiturates are the most commonly used

According to the 2007 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System, 63,729 single exposures were documented for the sedative/hypnotics/antipsychotics drug category. Of these, 24 resulted in death.1

In 1998, a total of 70,982 sedative-hypnotic exposures were reported to US poison control centers, of which 2310 (3.2%) resulted in major toxicity and 89 (0.1%) resulted in death.

Tranquilizers may be a more familiar term used to describe sedative-hypnotic agents (1)

“Downer drugs”

More Facts

Drugs that take the edge offCalm your mood when you are feeling anxious Induce sleep (1)

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