Tolerability, pharmacokinetics and night-time effects on postural sway and critical flicker fusion of gaboxadol and zolpidem in elderly subjects

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-190

  Boyle, Julia ^a   Danjou, Philippe ^b   Alexander, Robert ^c   Calder, Nicole ^b   Gargano, Cynthia ^c   Agrawal, Nancy ^c   Fu, Irong ^c   McCrea, Jacqueline B ^c   Murphy, M Gail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Body sway; Critical flicker fusion; Elderly; Gaboxadol; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

GABOXADOL; PLACEBO; ZOLPIDEM;

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYNCOPE; VOMITING;

AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; GABA AGONISTS; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PYRIDINES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 61349196139     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03331.x     Document Type: Article

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