'As-needed' prescription of zolpidem for insomnia in routine general practice

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 625-632

  Levy, Patrick ^a,c   Massuel, Marie Anne ^b   Gérard, Daniel A ^b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGHTMARE; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP PARAMETERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644300842     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-200424110-00001     Document Type: Article

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