Sleeping pills & minor tranquillisers A-Z
Provides detailed information on all sleeping pills & minor tranquillisers currently available in the UK.
Overview
Some of these drugs have more than one name. You might know a drug by its generic name, or you might know it by a trade name. See our page about drug names for more information on this.
The list below includes all the possible names you might know your medication by, including both generic and UK trade names, and directs you to our page of detailed information about that drug.
Sometimes doctors may prescribe antidepressants or antipsychotics for anxiety. If the drug you are looking for is not listed here, try our A-Z of psychiatric drugs.
D
- Diazemuls (diazepam)
- diazepam
- Diazepam RecTubes (diazepam)
- diphenhydramine
- Dormagen (lormetazepam)
L
- Lecaent (pregabalin)
- Librium (chlordiazepoxide)
- loprazolam
- lorazepam
- lormetazepam
- Lyrica (pregabalin)
S
- Slenyto (see melatonin)
- Sominex (promethazine)
- Stesolid (diazepam)
- Stilnoct (zolpidem)
- Syncrodin (see melatonin)
This information was published in April 2021. We will revise it in 2024.
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