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Halcion

American  
[hal-see-on] / ˈhæl siˌɒn /
Trademark.

  1. a benzodiazepine, used as a sleeping drug and as an anxiolytic.

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My wife had trouble falling asleep, and she was prescribed Halcion.

From Seattle Times

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