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barbiturates
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depressant drugs formerly used as sleeping pills; currently used in anesthesia and treatment for epilepsy
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anxiolytic
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anxiety-reducing
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sedative-hypnotic effects
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the calming and sleep inducing effects of some drugs
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general anesthesia
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the reduction of pain by rendering the subject unconscious
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rebound insomnia
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inability to sleep produced as a withdrawal symptom associated with some depressant drugs
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REM rebound
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an increase in the rapid eye movement or REM stage of sleep when withdrawing from drugs that suppresses REM time
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benzodiazepines
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currently the most widely prescribed anxiolytic drugs
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anterograde amnesia
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loss or limitation of the ability to form new memories
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