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The newer generation of insomnia mediations, zaleplon (Sonata), zolpidem (Ambien), eszopiclone (Lunesta), and zopiclone (Imovane), or "Z" drugs, act on specific subsets of the GABA receptor. They are commonly called "non-benzodiazepine" medications, but that the name is misleading, since they bind to the same GABA-benzodiazepine receptor complex in the brain that the benzodiazepines and alcohol bind to. The difference is that they bind to a different part of the same receptor complex.