Anxiolytics and Hypnotics

Question 1

acts as a partial agonist at serotonin (5-HT1A) receptors and also affects dopamine D2 receptors.

Answer 1

Buspirone

Question 2

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). May be used off-label for other anxiety disorders or to augment antidepressant therapy

Answer 2

Buspirone

Question 3

Depress sensory cortex, decreases motor activity; alters cerebellar function; and produces drowsiness, sedation, and hypnosis.

Answer 3

Secobarbital

Question 4

For the Short-term treatment of intractable insomnia for patients habituated to barbiturates

Answer 4

Secobarbital

Question 5

is a non-benzodiazepine hypnotic that binds selectively to the omega-1 subtype of GABA-A receptors.

Answer 5

Zolpidem

Question 6

Short-term treatment of insomnia (difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep).

Answer 6

Zolpidem

Question 7

Unclear, thought to act at limbic, thalamic, and hypothalamic levels of CNS to produce sedative anxiolytic, skeletal muscle relaxant, and anticonvulsant effects

Answer 7

Alprazolam

Question 8

Anxiety disorders
Panic disorders

Answer 8

Alprazolam