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Prevalence and factors associated with off-label antidepressant prescriptions for insomnia

Author(s) -

Leanne Lai,

Ying Tan,

Lai

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

drug healthcare and patient safety

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53

H-Index - 24

ISSN - 1179-1365

DOI - 10.2147/dhps.s21079

Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , odds ratio , confidence interval , insomnia , specialty , psychiatry , off label use , prescription drug , antidepressant , logistic regression , family medicine , anxiety , pharmacology

The primary objective of our study was to investigate the prevalence of off-label antidepressant drug use in insomnia. The secondary objective was to compare prescribing patterns between off-label antidepressants vs hypnotics approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for insomnia, with particular emphasis on socioeconomic characteristics of patients and physicians.

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