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Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - Drug therapy
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Definition of 'Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders'Disorders characterized by impairment of the ability to initiate or maintain sleep. This may occur as a primary disorder or in association with another medical or psychiatric condition. Common names: Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep; DIMS (Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep); Early Awakening; Awakening, Early; Nonorganic Insomnia; Insomnia, Nonorganic; Primary Insomnia; Insomnia, Primary; Transient Insomnia; Insomnia, Transient |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Drug-use pattern of Chinese herbal medicines in insomnia: a 4-year survey in Taiwan.
29 Sep 2009 
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Insomnia is a common complaint in the general population. Interest in the use of alternative treatments for insomnia is increasing exponentially and is fairly common in Taiwan. We undertook a survey to define the drug ... Read more...
8 Sep 2009 Analogues of the known H(1)-antihistamine R-dimethindene were profiled as potential agents for the treatment of insomnia. Several highly selective compounds were efficacious in rodent sleep models. On the basis of overall profile, indene 1d and ... Read more...
Emerging drugs for insomnia: new frontiers for old and novel targets.
30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep disorder, with up to 50% of the US adult population reporting symptoms of insomnia on a weekly basis and approximately 12% with insomnia disorder. Comorbid conditions such as depression and anxiety ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - Drug therapy'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Lost in transmission--FDA drug information that never reaches clinicians.
19 Oct 2009 - Drug-use pattern of Chinese herbal medicines in insomnia: a 4-year survey in Taiwan. 29 Sep 2009
- Characterization of novel selective H1-antihistamines for clinical evaluation in the treatment of insomnia. 8 Sep 2009
- Emerging drugs for insomnia: new frontiers for old and novel targets. 30 Aug 2009
- Treatment of insomnia in post--traumatic stress disorder. 30 Aug 2009
- The effect of prolonged-release melatonin on sleep measures and psychomotor performance in elderly patients with insomnia. 30 Aug 2009
- Diclofenac potassium restores objective and subjective measures of sleep quality in women with primary dysmenorrhea. 30 Jul 2009
- GABA tea helps sleep. 29 Jun 2009
- Oral lichenoid drug eruption: a report of a pediatric case and review of the literature. 29 Jun 2009
- Low-dose doxepin for the treatment of insomnia: emerging data. 29 Jun 2009
- Antidepressants and sleep: a review. 29 Jun 2009
- Melatonin for primary insomnia? 29 Jun 2009
- Tasimelteon, a melatonin agonist for the treatment of insomnia and circadian rhythm sleep disorders. 29 Jun 2009
- Strategies to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of antidepressants: targeting residual symptoms. 29 Jun 2009
- The efficacy of pregabalin and benzodiazepines in generalized anxiety disorder presenting with high levels of insomnia. 29 Jun 2009
- Sleep disorders: a single dose administration of valerian/hops fluid extract (dormeasan) is found to be effective in improving sleep. 29 Jun 2009
- A review of tolerability and abuse liability of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid for insomnia in patients with schizophrenia. 30 May 2009
- Ramelteon: application withdrawn. Ramelteon in insomnia: withdrawal of marketing application in patients' best interests. 30 May 2009
- [Treatment of insomnia] 30 May 2009
- Zolpidem extended-release improves sleep and next-day symptoms in comorbid insomnia and generalized anxiety disorder. 30 May 2009
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Technical information about 'Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders'
Definition: Disorders characterized by impairment of the ability to initiate or maintain sleep. This may occur as a primary disorder or in association with another medical or psychiatric condition.
Descriptor UI: D007319
Alternative terms: Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep; DIMS (Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep); Early Awakening; Awakening, Early; Nonorganic Insomnia; Insomnia, Nonorganic; Primary Insomnia; Insomnia, Primary; Transient Insomnia; Insomnia, Transient; Rebound Insomnia; Insomnia, Rebound; Secondary Insomnia; Insomnia, Secondary; Sleep Initiation Dysfunction; Dysfunction, Sleep Initiation; Dysfunctions, Sleep Initiation; Sleep Initiation Dysfunctions; Sleeplessness; Insomnia Disorder; Insomnia Disorders; Insomnia; Insomnias; Chronic Insomnia; Insomnia, Chronic; Psychophysiological Insomnia; Insomnia, Psychophysiological;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: C10.886.425.800.800; F03.870.400.800.800;
History Note: 2000(1966)
Technical Notes: do not confuse with SLEEP DEPRIVATION, being deprived of sleep or prevented from sleeping; usually chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE