Commonly Abused Drugs Chart - National Institute On Drug Abuse - 2018 Page 4
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30Central Nervous System Depressants
Medications that slow brain activity, which makes them useful for treating anxiety and sleep problems. For more
information, see the
Misuse of Prescription Drugs Research
Report.
Street Names
Commercial Names
Common Forms
Common Ways Taken
DEA
(Common)
Schedule
Barbs, Phennies, Red
Barbiturates:
Pill, capsule, liquid
Swallowed, injected
II, III, IV
Birds, Reds, Tooies,
pentobarbital
Yellow Jackets,
(Nembutal®)
Yellows
Candy, Downers,
Benzodiazepines:
Pill, capsule, liquid
Swallowed, snorted
IV
Sleeping Pills, Tranks
alprazolam (Xanax®),
chlorodiazepoxide
(Librium®), diazepam
(Valium®), lorazepam
(Ativan®), triazolam
(Halicon®)
Forget-me Pill,
Sleep Medications:
Pill, capsule, liquid
Swallowed, snorted
IV
Mexican Valium, R2,
eszopiclone (Lunesta®),
Roche, Roofies,
zaleplon (Sonata®),
Roofinol, Rope,
zolpidem (Ambien®)
Rophies
Possible Health Effects
Short-term
Drowsiness, slurred speech, poor concentration, confusion, dizziness, problems with
movement and memory, lowered blood pressure, slowed breathing.
Long-term
Unknown.
Other Health-related
Sleep medications are sometimes used as date rape drugs.
Issues
Risk of HIV, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases from shared needles.
In Combination with
Further slows heart rate and breathing, which can lead to death.
Alcohol
Withdrawal
Must be discussed with a health care provider; barbiturate withdrawal can cause a serious
Symptoms
abstinence syndrome that may even include seizures.
Treatment Options
Medications
There are no FDA-approved medications to treat addiction to prescription sedatives;
lowering the dose over time must be done with the help of a health care provider.
Behavioral Therapies
More research is needed to find out if behavioral therapies can be used to treat addiction to
prescription sedatives.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Page 4 of 30
Commonly Abused Drugs
January 2018
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