Open AccessPatients With Treatment-Resistant Insomnia Taking Nightly Prescription Medications for Sleep
Author(s) -
Barry Krakow,
Victor A. Ulibarri,
Edward Romero
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
primary care companion to the journal of clinical psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6699
pISSN - 1523-5998
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.09m00873bro
Subject(s) - insomnia , medical prescription , medicine , polysomnography , psychiatry , obstructive sleep apnea , sleep medicine , sleep disorder , apnea , pharmacology
Some chronic insomnia patients who take nightly prescription medication achieve less than optimal results. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) recommend reevaluation of this type of patient to assess for potential psychiatric or medical causes to explain this "failure for insomnia to remit."