{"id":21167,"date":"2020-06-21T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T10:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=21167"},"modified":"2023-09-22T04:48:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T04:48:36","slug":"hypnotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/hypnotic\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypnotic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An herb that induces sleep.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Any agent that induces sleep. Although sedatives, narcotics, or anxiolytics in sufficient dosage may produce sleep as an incidental effect, the term hypnotic is appropriately reserved for drugs used primarily to produce sleep.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A substance used to induce sleep; a treatment for insomnia; anesthesia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Relating to hypnosis and hypnotism.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Referring to a state which is like sleep but which is caused artificially.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Referring to a drug which causes sleep.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The techniques used to induce hypnosis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Drugs that induce sleep. They are generally slowly eliminated from the body and, therefore, make poor anesthetics hypnotic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An agent that induces deep nerve relaxation and a healing sleep state.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A daig that initiates or maintains a relatively normal state of sleep.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A drug that produces sleep by depressing brain function. Hypnotics include barbiturates, chloral hydrate, methaqualone, and nitrazepam. Hypnotics are used for insomnia and sleep disturbances, especially in mental illnesses and in the elderly. They often cause hangover effects in the morning and the barbiturate hypnotics can lead to dependence.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>These are drugs that induce sleep. Before a hypnotic is prescribed, it is vital to establish and, where possible, treat the cause of the insomnia. Hypnotics are most often needed to help an acutely distressed person (for example, following bereavement), or in cases of jet lag, or in shift workers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Certain medications have the capacity to suppress the functioning of the central nervous system, ultimately leading to a state of lethargy. These drugs are commonly administered as sedatives to alleviate anxiety and agitation or as sleep aids to induce slumber.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-19\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Causing sleep; associated with hypnotism; a medication that encourages sleep.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An herb that induces sleep. 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