what are hypnotic medications?
Stilnoct (zolpidem) tablets, a common hypnotic. 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 to be used in the treatment of insomnia (sleeplessness), or surgical anesthesia. This group is related to sedatives.