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Drug Edu Chapter 7 PPT Material Type: Notes; Class: Community Health; Subject: Health; University: Minnesota State University-Mankato; Term: Forever 1989;
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(^) Include prescription drugs that treat anxiety
(^) As a group, also called sedative-hypnotics (^) Alcohol is the most widely used depressant (^) Benzodiazepines are the most widely
(^) Chloral hydrate (“knockout drops,” “Mickey Finn”)
(^) Paraldehyde
(^) Bromides
appeared in OTC drugs through the 1960s
(^) Discovery/introduction
be used clinically
amobarbital and secobarbital (^) Grouped on the basis of the time of onset and
anxiety
sleep
(^) Ultra-short acting barbiturate (^) Administered intravenously (^) Used as an anesthetic for brief surgical
(^) Moves very rapidly into the brain (^) Also used to make people relaxed and talkative
(^) Thiopental is currently the first of the three drugs
(^) 1960: Introduction of chlordiazepoxide (Librium),
other depressants like alcohol (^) 1970s: Diazepam (Valium), a lower-dose
(^) Dependence and overdose can occur; dosage
doses
have a rapid onset of effects
a short duration of action (^) More differences among the barbiturates and
(^) Benzodiazepines and barbiturates
(^) Nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics
antianxiety drugs
eszopiclone (Lunesta)
(^) Concerns about use of sedatives as anxiolytics:
others seem to be treated more effectively by antidepressants or behavior therapy
(^) Is a person taking the drug to treat a disorder or to feel better in a general way?
(^) As sleeping pills
hypnotic drug helps a person get to sleep more quickly
although people sometimes overestimate its severity
prescribed than in the past, and they are usually taken for only a few nights at a time
(^) Zolpidem (Ambien) binds selectively to
(^) Rapid onset and short duration of action (^) Concern about people driving while still under the influence (from not allowing 8 hours of sleep after taking drug) (^) Eszopiclone (Lunesta) (^) Approved for long-term use
temperature and noise
something relaxing before trying to fall asleep again