Search jobs 14-Jan-2021 Zopiclone Market Current Scenario 2020 – Global Size, Trends, Growth By Top Leaders, Dynamic, Business Opportunity and Challenges From Up to 2027
Zopiclone is a cyclopyrrolone, belongs to the class of psychotherapeutic agents which are generally marketed in the form of pill to treat insomnia. It acts as a γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonist and leads to blockage of the signal transmission across nerves in the brain. Therefore, zopiclone helps in providing calming effect to the person which improves sleep cycle.
Other than hypnotic effect, zopiclone also shows anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, and myorelaxant properties. Following a single oral dose of zopiclone, it is rapidly absorbed with the bioavailability of around 80% and distributed to places such as brain tissues, salivary glands, breast milk, and placenta. Zopiclone undergoes extensive metabolism and it is excreted in urine, breast milk, and saliva (excret