True about hypnotic drugs is: September 2005: (A) Slower onset and longer duration, (B) Slower onset and shoer duration, (C) Quicker onset and longer duration, (D) Quicker onset and shoer duration
Answer is D. Ans. D: Quicker onset and shoer duration Those with quicker onset, shoer duration and steeper dose-response curves are preferred as hypnotics, while more slowly acting drugs with flatter dose-response curves are employed as sedatives