The effect of hypnotics on sleep is:
a. that they stop a person reaching the deeper sleepstages, temporarily increase the quantity of sleepand can worsen sleep apnoea
b. an increase in daytime sleepiness, an increase insleep time and suppression of REM sleep.
c. an increased onset of sleep, a reduction in REMsleep and difficulty in returning to sleep once
awakened.
d. that they prevent a person falling asleep, awaken a
person during the night and interfere with REM
sleep.
a
Hypnotics are only meant to be used for short periods.
Although they increase the quantity of sleep in the short
term, the body becomes used to the dose reasonably quickly,
and the quantity of sleep reduces again. Hypnotics also
prevent the sleeper reaching the REM stage, which is an
important stage for cellular regeneration.
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