It should calm you down (8)

I believe the answer is:

sedative

(Other definitions for sedative that I've seen before include "Sleeping drug" , "Deviates from calming medicine" , "quieter" , "Depressant" , "Sleep-inducing drug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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