Open AccessEvaluation of Trazodone and Quetiapine for Insomnia
Author(s) -
Shadi Doroudgar,
Tony I-Fan Chou,
Junhua Yu,
Karen Trinh,
Jai Pal,
Paul J. Perry
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
primary care companion to cns disorders/the primary care companion for cns disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2155-7772
pISSN - 2155-7780
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.13m01558
Subject(s) - trazodone , quetiapine , insomnia , medicine , hypnotic , psychiatry , anesthesia , psychology , antidepressant , anxiety , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
Insomnia is symptomatic of most psychiatric disorders. Non-habit-forming agents such as trazodone and quetiapine are commonly used off-label to treat patients with insomnia. The safety and efficacy of trazodone and quetiapine as medications for treatment of insomnia have never been directly contrasted. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of trazodone to quetiapine among inpatient psychiatric patients by measuring the traditional sleep parameters of total sleep time, number of nighttime awakenings, sleep efficiency, sleep latency, length of hospitalization, and patient-reported side effects.