Hypnocil

Hypnocil is a fictional drug featured in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. It was first seen in the 1987 movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. It was also seen in the 2003 film, Freddy vs. Jason.

Hypnocil is an experimental psychoactive drug that comes in the form of a pill. It is a known dream suppressant and is not approved by the Food and Drug Association. It is theorized that prolonged use of Hypnocil may have long-lasting damaging side-effects on a person's physical health and psyche.

History
In the six years following the attack on her friends and family by the dream demon Freddy Krueger, grad student Nancy Thompson began taking Hypnocil to suppress her dreams. She was aware of its questionable reliability, but knew only too well that allowing her subconscious to experience dreams could be even deadlier.

When Nancy first began working at the Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital, she met psychiatrist Doctor Neil Gordon. During their conversation, Nancy dropped her handbag and a container of Hypnocil spilled out. Gordon picked it up for her, but said nothing. He later researched the nature of Hypnocil on his computer (which was quite industrious for him in his pre-Internet era). When Gordon realized that several of his patients at Westin Hills were being targeted by Freddy Krueger, he petitioned senior psychiatrist Doctor Elizabeth Simms to allow him to prescribe Hypnocil. Simms was shocked at the request, and told him that he would take full responsibility for anything that goes wrong.

In the years following Kruger's initial attack against the patients at the hospital, Hypnocil became a regularly-used dream suppressant amongst patients.

FDA classification
The following text is taken from Doctor Neil Gordon's computer during his research on Hypnocil.
 * FDA CLASSIFICATION: Experimental Effective for management of psychotic disorders. For sedation where dreamless sleep is considered optional: suppression of night terror. Warning side effects: may bring addiction, hallucinations, increase of blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke or death if not properly use. Do not give to children under the age 13 years old or to women that may be or become pregnant.