Sleep complaints. Whenever possible, avoid the use of sleeping pills

Prescrire International

Volumn 17, Issue 97, 2008, Pages 206-212

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Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROTIZOLAM; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; ESTAZOLAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; HYDROXYZINE; LOPRAZOLAM; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; MELATONIN; MEPROBAMATE; MIDAZOLAM; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALERIAN; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACCIDENT; ACUPUNCTURE; ALERTNESS; AMNESIA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIRTH DEFECT; BONE MARROW APLASIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLEFT LIP; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG USE; EVENING DOSAGE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FATIGUE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MEMORY DISORDER; NAUSEA; NIGHTMARE; PARADOXICAL DRUG REACTION; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLEEP WALKING; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIOLENCE; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BENZODIAZEPINES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MELATONIN; MEPROBAMATE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 53849140158     PISSN: 11677422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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