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 Tranquilizers Summary
697 words, approx. 2 pages As their name suggests, tranquilizers are used to calm people in agitated states. Unlike barbiturates, which are minor tranquilizers used in the treatment of anxiety and neurotic disorders, a major tranquilizer, also known as an antipsychotic, is... summary from source:
 Sedative-Hypnotic Summary
433 words, approx. 1 pagesSedative-hypnotic drugs are used to reduce motor activity and promote relaxation, drowsiness, and sleep. The term is hyphenated because, by adjusting the does, the same group of drugs can be used to produce mild sedation (calming, relaxation) or... summary from source:
 Sedative : Biological Psychology
234 words, approx. 1 pagesA class of DRUG that tends to depress central nervous system function and that have a calming, sedating effect on behaviour. Sedatives are also known as SEDATIVE-HYPNOTIC compounds, because of their ability to induce SLEEP. Sedatives comprise a variety... summary from source:
Sleeping Pills Summary
185 words, approx. 1 pagesThis is a general term applied to a number of different drugs in pill form that help induce sleep, i.e. sedative-hypnotic agents. There is a wide range of such medication and many require a doctor's prescription, but some can be purchased as... summary from source:
 Sedative Information
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A sedative is a substance that depresses the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, and slowed breathing, as well as slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain...
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 The Record (Bergen County, NJ) Experts Criticize Marketing Of Sedative
07/09/1991: 606 words, approx. 2 pages Susan Edelman, Record Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 07-09-1991 EXPERTS CRITICIZE MARKETING OF SEDATIVE By Susan Edelman, Record Staff Writer Date: 07-09-1991, Tuesday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- Four Star B, Three Star P, Two Star, One Star Soon... summary from source:
The Independent - London Sedative cocktails fed to the elderly
05/07/1997: 572 words, approx. 2 pages A chemical cocktail of sedative drugs is being mass prescribed to elderly people living in nursing and residential homes to keep them quiet and make them easier to manage, according to a report. The practice of "switching the patients out with the lights"... summary from source:
 AP News Canon to take control of joint venture
1/13/2007: 339 words, approx. 1 pagesJapanese electronics maker Canon will take full control of a joint venture for flat panel TVs using a new technology called SED, the company said Friday, in a move aimed at an early settlement of a legal dispute in the United States.Canon Inc. will turn... summary from source:
AP News McCanns deny sedating Madeleine
10/24/2007: 266 words, approx. 1 pagesThe parents of Madeleine McCann have denounced as "outrageous" suggestions that they gave her sedatives — one of the theories that has emerged to explain the disappearance of the British girl."It is ludicrous," Gerry McCann, accompanied by his wife, Kate, told Spain's Antena 3 television...
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