Drugs approved for sleep:
Common Sleeping Pills: Ambien, Lunesta, Rozerem, and More
Ambien,
Lunesta
Rozerem
Sonata
Silenor (Doxipine)
Benzos: Triazolam, Tempazepam (Restoril), . . .
Antidepressants such as Trazodon, Mirtazapine (Remeron), . . . .
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Doxepin/ Silenor is also called Sinequan. I was on Sinequan for a while decades ago.
There is even a cream formulation of it:
Doxepin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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List of Tricyclics --- same class of drug as the Silenor (Doxipine)
They were first marketed in the 1950s.
Tricyclic antidepressant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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