submit urlsubmit rss feedadd directoryphysician directoryPharmacology employment

article

Zaleplon (marketed under the brand names Sonata® and Starnoc®) is a sedative/hypnotic, mainly used for insomnia. It is a nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic from the pyrazolopyrimidine class.

Chemistry


Zaleplon is a white to off-white powder that has very low solubility in water as well as low solubility in alcohol and propylene glycol. It has a partition coefficient in octanol/water is constant (log PC = 1.23) when the pH range is between 1 and 7.

Mode of action


Taken orally, Zaleplon reaches full concentration in approximately one hour. It is extensively metabolised, into 5-oxo-zaleplon and 5-oxo-desethylzaleplon (the latter via desethylzaleplon), with less than 1% of it excreted intact in urine.

More on [ Zaleplon ]


directory of related categories

 
Zaleplon RSS feed
Zaleplon - Twitter Search

amanda palmer - congrats. emjaneisinsane - why? brian's dad - have a beer. me? waiting for this zaleplon to make me feel anything.iwantakiss
takehertothesea (Lauren) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:19:17 -0000
amanda palmer - congrats. emjaneisinsane - why? brian's dad - have a beer. me? waiting for this zaleplon to make me feel anything.iwantakiss
Sonata Drug Identifiers: Drug identifiers, or pill identifiers, are tools used to identify Sonata (zaleplon) or oth... http://bit.ly/7ozSW1
owSleepDisoders (owSleepDisoders) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:17:06 -0000
Sonata Drug Identifiers: Drug identifiers, or pill identifiers, are tools used to identify Sonata (zaleplon) or oth... http://bit.ly/7ozSW1
Sonata Pill Identifiers: Pill identifiers, or drug identifiers, are tools used to identify Sonata (zaleplon) or oth... http://bit.ly/6Pre6d
owSleepDisoders (owSleepDisoders) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:17:06 -0000
Sonata Pill Identifiers: Pill identifiers, or drug identifiers, are tools used to identify Sonata (zaleplon) or oth... http://bit.ly/6Pre6d
Sonata Meds for Sleep Disorders Pictures: Pictures or images of Sonata (zaleplon) may be helpful to identify this d... http://bit.ly/5rNSqY
owSleepDisoders (owSleepDisoders) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:17:04 -0000
Sonata Meds for Sleep Disorders Pictures: Pictures or images of Sonata (zaleplon) may be helpful to identify this d... http://bit.ly/5rNSqY

 
Subscribe to Zaleplon RSS feed

directory of related sites

DrugDigest: Zaleplon ( Sonata ) - Information on dosage, usage, side effects, interactions, and drug comparisons, including generics when available.

MEDLINEplus: Zaleplon - Features information about dosage, usage, warnings, and side effects.
Meta Description: [ Zaleplon ]

Zaleplon related videos
Warnings for Sleeping Pills (May 2007)
Zaleplon related videos

 

HOMEADVERTISINGABOUT US

articlesartsbusinesscomputersgameshealthhospitalshomekids & teensnewsmobilephysiciansrecreationreferenceregionalscienceshoppingsocietysportsworld


Submit a Site About Become an Editor