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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 ● Jun. 1, 2022

Upjohn is also actively appealing the British Department of Health's decision last fall to ban Halcion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another federal study found that the cost of Upjohn's Halcion sleep-inducing medication rose 110% between 1985 and 1991, while the price of McNeil's Tylenol with Codeine jumped 160% during the same period.

From Time Magazine Archive

"No Halcion for me," said George Bush last week, referring to the widely used sleeping pill.

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Now Halcion is facing its most serious challenge yet.

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