MCQ
The compound which possesses sedative and hypnotic properties is:
- AParaldehyde
- BChloral hydrate
- ✓Both $A$ and $B$
- DMetaldehyde
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
Both $A$ and $B$
Paraldehyde and chloral hydrate are used as sedative as well as hypnotic because of their chemical properties.
Paraldehyde is one of the safest hypnotics and was regularly given at bedtime in psychiatric hospitals and geriatric wards up to the 1960s.
Paraldehyde is one of the safest hypnotics and was regularly given at bedtime in psychiatric hospitals and geriatric wards up to the 1960s.
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