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Health Encyclopedia: Insomnia Highlights
- Insomnia - Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes of Short-Term or Transient Insomnia
- Causes of Chronic Insomnia
- Are You at Risk For Insomnia?
- Prognosis
- Diagnosis of Insomnia
Highlights
Psychotherapy Better Than Sleeping Pills
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) works better than zopiclone (Imovane) for short- and long-term treatment of insomnia, according to a 2006 Norwegian study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Patients who received CBT spent less time awake during the night than patients who received zopiclone or placebo. In addition, zopiclone did not provide better results than placebo.
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Expert & Community Posts
Sleeping Pills and Bizarre Behavior
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...The sleep aid, Zolpidem, sold under the trade name Ambien, is the best-selling prescribed... Read more »
Did Ambien Lead To the Death of Heath Ledger?
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...announced. However, a bottle of the sleeping pills, Ambien, were found near his body. Ambien has... Read more »
FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drug Products
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...sleep aids can cause these problems, one medication, Ambien (zolpidem) has been prominently... Read more »
Are There Sleep Drugs That Won't Cause "Rebound" Insomnia?
By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health ExpertQuestion: I take 5 mg of Ambien once or twice a weekfor periodic insomnia. If I take it for... Read more »
Secondary Insomnia and the Drugs Used To Treat It
By Michael Rack, MD , Health Expert...of insomnia. The benzodiazepine agonists include Ambien (zolpidem), Ambien CR, Sonata, and... Read more »
Health Guide
Insomnia: Medications
...doctors.Brands and Benefits. Non-benzodiazepine hypnotics currently approved in the United States are zolpidem (Ambien, Ambien CR), zaleplon (Sonata), eszopiclone (Lunesta), and ramelteon... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Medications
...improvement in fibromyalgia symptoms than patients who received placebo.Sleep MedicationsZolpidem (Ambien) or other newer sleep medications such as zaleplon (Sonata) and eszopiclone (Lunesta) may... Read more »Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
...insomnia. Most of the standard sleep agents may impair lung function. Newer ones, such as zolpidem (Ambien), zaleplon (Sonata), and zopiclone (Imovane), may be less hazardous than older agents.... Read more »Alzheimer
...cycles. Moderately short-acting sleeping drugs such as temazepam (Restoril), zolpidem (Ambien), or zaleplon (Sonata) or sedating antidepressants such as trazodone (Desyrel,... Read more »Travel to Developing Countries: Travel Precautions
...benzodiazepines ("sleeping pills") such as lorazepam (Ativan); benzodiazepine-receptor agonists such as zolpidem (Ambien) or eszoplicone (Lunesta); alprazolam (Xanax); or temazepam (Restoril).... Read more »
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