The efficacy and safety of drug treatments for chronic insomnia in adults: A meta-analysis of RCTs

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1335-1350

  Buscemi, Nina ^a   Vandermeer, Ben ^a   Friesen, Carol ^a   Bialy, Liza ^a,b   Tubman, Michelle ^a   Ospina, Maria ^a   Klassen, Terry P ^a   Witmans, Manisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Aberhart Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic; Drug; Insomnia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROTIZOLAM; BUSPIRONE; DOXEPIN; ESTAZOLAM; ESZOPICLONE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAMTRIAZOLAM; FLURAZEPAM; GABOXADOL; INDIPLON; LOPRAZOLAM; LORAZEPAM; LOREMETAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; PIVAGABINE; PLACEBO; QUAZEPAM; SECOBARBITAL; TEMAZEPAM; TRAZODONE; TRIAZOLAM; TRIMIPRAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 34547829067     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0251-z     Document Type: Review

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