Saripidem is a sedative and anxiolytic drug in the imidazopyridine family which is related to the better known drugs zolpidem and alpidem. Saripidem has a similar pharmacological profile to the benzodiazepine family of drugs including sedative and anxiolytic properties but its chemical structure is quite different from that of the benzodiazepine drugs and saripidem is described as a nonbenzodiazepine.
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