Reaper (TV series) For upcoming NBC miniseries, see The Reaper (miniseries). Reaper is an American comedy television series that focuses on Sam Oliver, a reaper who works for the Devil by retrieving souls that have escaped from Hell. The series originally ran on The CW from September 25, 2007 to May 26, 2009.
Anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics are drugs that work on the central nervous system to treat anxiety and insomnia. The main classes of drugs are benzodiazepines and barbiturates. Please refer to the drug classes listed below for further information. barbiturates.
Therapeutic actions of benzodiazepines. Regardless of their potency, speed of elimination or duration of effects, the actions in the body are virtually the same for all benzodiazepines. This is true whether they are marketed as anxiolytics, hypnotics or anti-convulsants (Table 1).