Comparative efficacy of newer hypnotic drugs for the short-term management of insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 305-322

  Dündar, Yenal ^a   Dodd, Susanna ^a   Strobl, Judith ^a   Boland, Angela ^a   Dickson, Rumona ^a   Walley, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health technology assessment; Insomnia; Sleep disorders; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LOPRAZOLAM; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUSNESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REBOUND; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

ACETAMIDES; BENZODIAZEPINES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; PYRIMIDINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 4243057381     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.594     Document Type: Review

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