Nefazodone in primary insomnia: An open pilot study

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1071-1078

  Wiegand, Michael H ^a   Galanakis, Patrizia ^b   Schreiner, Ralph ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Englschalkinger Str 77 D 81925 M ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Nefazodone; Primary insomnia; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

NEFAZODONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 10944271846     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2004.05.042     Document Type: Article

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