Treatment of shift work disorder and jet lag

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 396-411

  Zee, Phyllis C ^a   Goldstein, Cathy A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; ARMODAFINIL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MELATONIN; METHAMPHETAMINE; MODAFINIL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; RAMELTEON; TASIMELTEON; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ALERTNESS; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ATAXIA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLURRED VISION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG POTENTIATION; EVENING DOSAGE; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; JET LAG; JOB PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVOUSNESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARASOMNIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SHIFT WORK DISORDER; SHIFT WORKER; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP EATING; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WALKING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYNCOPE; TREMOR; VERTIGO;

EID: 78149466588     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-010-0090-9     Document Type: Review

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