print email comment close Sleep Disorder (Sedative-Hypnotic) Drug Information URL: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/ucm101557.htm Description: Brief information about "sedative-hypnotic drug products, a class of drugs used to induce and/or maintain sleep," risks of which include "severe allergic reactions and complex sleep-related behaviors, [such as] sleep driving ... defined as driving while not fully awake after ingestion of a sedative-hypnotic product, with no memory of the event." Includes a list of specific drugs, and a link to a related press release. From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Publisher: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) LII Database Information: Record 23531 created by Jennifer English on 03/14/2007 Last modification on 07/07/2009 Published: 04/11/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23531