Colfosceril palmitate (dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine) is a synthetic pulmonary surfactant, which is used in infants with respiratory distress syndrome it was approved in 1990, but nowadays it is under the state of canceled post-marketing. Colfosceril palmitate is reducing the tension and stabilizing the alveoli from collapsing.

Triclofos is primarily indicated in conditions like Insomnia, and can also be given in adjunctive therapy as an alternative drug of choice in Nausea, vertigo, labyrinthine disorders. It is also used sedate people suffering from anxiety or tension before medical investigations. Triclofos is converted to Trichloroethanol in the body .This act on brain and produces sleep. Trichloroethanol decreases time taken to fall asleep and lengthen the sleep. Triclofos is most commonly used agent for sedation in neonates as well as in older infants and children in Japan.