What Do Hypnotics Induce?

Hypnotic drugs induce sleep and are used to treat insomnia. Insomnia is a change to the normal sleep pattern, due to difficulty in either getting to sleep or maintaining sleep.

What are hypnotic agents used to induce?

Hypnotic (from Greek Hypnos, sleep), or soporific drugs, commonly known as sleeping pills, are a class of psychoactive drugs whose primary function is to induce sleep and for the treatment of insomnia (sleeplessness), or for surgical anesthesia.

What does hypnotics do to your body?

Hypnotics are used for the treatment of insomnia which is characterized by difficulties with falling asleep or maintaining sleep. Specific hypnotics such as Intermezzo (zolpidem tartrate) can be used for insomnia involving middle-of-the-night waking followed by difficulty returning to sleep.