Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term
Argentina
Casi termino la carrera de Traductor
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine) 
Works in: Spanish to English
hipnóticos
Buenos días. Tenemos que traducir diferentes párrafos de un medicamento tipo anestésico
En este párrafo dice hipnóticos y en algunas cosas que encontramos en internet párrafos muy similares aparece:
Minimal anesthetic plasma levels of unchanged drug
hipnóticos sería anesthetic o se puede decir de otra manera, muchas gracias saludos
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Anne Schulz
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Katherine Coelho
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Simon Charass
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neilmac
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Proposed translations
hypnotics
Hence, if your text is targeted at a professional audience, I see no reason why you shouldn't use the direct translation "hypnotics". The wording of the whole phrase would of course depend on context, e.g., "For hypnotics, minimum plasma concentrations of the unchanged substance was..."
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neilmac
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Thanks :-))
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Chema Nieto Castañón
: "For hypnotic effect", maybe? El original no alude a fármacos hipnóticos sino al efecto hipnótico del fármaco. // hypnotic-acting; yes, that is the idea!
1 day 2 hrs
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Thanks Chema, that's interesting! I probably read the phrase too "English" in the first place ("minimum hypnotic plasma levels" could easily be read as "minimum plasma levels of hypnotics", rather than "minimum hypnotic-acting plasma levels").
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Venezuela
Never stop giving your best.
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Venezuelan, Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to English
anesthetic/sedative
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Reference comments
Canada
Over 20 Years Freelance Translation
Native in: English , French
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, English to French, and 9 more.
See link
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Gettin sleepy...
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