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HIPNOTICO [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

Any agent causing sleep; soporific.

CONT

... methyprylon is used as a daytime sedative or a hypnotic to induce sleep in insomnia, especially when the patient is allergic to barbiturates.

OBS

Source for "hypnotic drug" : International Criminal Police Review, 1985, 388, 120.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

[...] substance médicamenteuse du type psycholeptique qui a la propriété de provoquer le sommeil.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
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