The phrase "a mild sedative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a medication or substance that has a calming effect but is not overly strong.
Example: "The doctor prescribed a mild sedative to help her relax before the procedure."
Alternatives: "a gentle sedative" or "a light sedative."
They may recommend a mild sedative to slow her down a little.
Some hospitals are also experimenting with clonidine, a mild sedative that can relieve withdrawal symptoms.
He said that catnip is a mild sedative, and I drank all I could hold.
A fellow traveler nearby named Malibu had trouble relaxing, and was given a mild sedative.
Mr. Giuliani was given a local anesthetic, numbing him from the waist down, as well as a mild sedative.
When depression, GAD, panic attacks and OCD are concerned, you should never touch medication – unless it's a mild sedative in severe cases.
Huang et al. [ 33] found that the blood pressure of poor sleepers was significantly reduced compared to pretreatment values following zolpidem (a non-benzodiazepine, non-hypotensive mild sedative with a short elimination half-life of 2.5 hrs) treatment (P < 0.05) and more poor sleepers treated with zolpidem were converted from nondipping hypertension to dipping hypertension.
Research has consistently shown Trp loading impairs psychomotor and reaction time performance, however, this is likely to be attributed to its mild sedative effects.
"Oh, that's very nice," I say, as the mild sedative takes hold just before Dr. Nagel performs cataract surgery on my left eye in the ambulatory-surgery facility at Mount Sinai Hospital.
The results showed that sumatriptan 50 mg and rizatriptan 10 mg caused small but clear effects on the CNS, mainly mild sedative effects, which were less than sedation after the active control drug, temazepam 20 mg [51].
The immediate decrease in daytime activity could be consistent with mild sedative effects of 3 weeks of postoperative analgesia or of residual postoperative pain, but the second decrease occurred at a time when radiographic osteoarthritis scores were most severe, suggesting that progression of osteoarthritis may have reduced daytime activity levels.
