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A medically-induced coma is when sedatives are used to put a patient into a reversible state of deep unresponsiveness, to try and protect the brain from traumatic damage.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

While many ER visits for dizziness result in expensive CT scans and sedatives, researchers are finding there are more-effective options.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Treatment also includes anti-seizure medication and sedatives, which also help with controlling seizures so they don’t worsen in intensity and duration and result in permanent brain damage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2025

Lifestyle TV might as well be sedatives or anti-depressants, the medicine people want in tumultuous times.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

Don Bernardo, drawn by the commotion from next door, arrived with the bottle of sedatives.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez