Insomnia: A therapeutic review for pharmacists

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 332-341

  Foral, Pamela ^a   Dewan, Naresh ^b,c   Malesker, Mark ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Insomnia; Melatonin; Pharmacotherapy; Supplements

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DELAVIRDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; DOXYLAMINE; EFAVIRENZ; ESTAZOLAM; ESZOPICLONE; FLURAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MELATONIN; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PHENYTOIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PYRROLE; QUAZEPAM; QUETIAPINE; RAMELTEON; TEMAZEPAM; TRAZODONE; TRIAZOLAM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; WARFARIN; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRY EYE; FALL RISK; HANGOVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEPHROTOXICITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; XEROSTOMIA;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 80051556411     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2011.332     Document Type: Review

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