hypnotics

Despite the recession, prescriptions for major sleeping-pill brands rose 7% last year, and by next year, the pharmaceutical industry is predicted to reap at least $5 billion from annual sales of so-called hypnotics to help people sleep.

Christine Fee: 10 Natural Sleep Tips 2009

Direct-acting pressors have their action extracellularly at postsynaptic receptors. 4 The evaluation of liver function at initial presentation andfour tosix weeks following recovery is recommended, although the incidence of hepatotoxicity following acute overdose is rare. 5 Caution should be exercised in the use of sedative/hypnotics for CNS excitation because of synergistic depressant effects during overdose.

Monamine Oxidase Inhibitors 2010

More than half of the increase was due to corticosteroids, blood thinners, and sedatives and hypnotics.

'Use Only as Directed' Isn't Easy Laura Landro 2011

Truly, yesterday was one of the most inutterably awful days in recent memory, between the sleep deprivation and being so loaded up on hypnotics and rushing to get ready for ReaderCon and running errands and all the rain.

Waking the Witch scarletboi 2009

In regards to sedative hypnotics, that ` s mostly what we ` re talking about here.

CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2010 2010

"Sedative hypnotics in older people with insomnia: meta-analysis of risks and benefits".

Dr. Frank Lipman: Sleep Tips: Top 10 Sleep Mistakes And Their Solutions 2010

In 2004, Goldenberg et al published results from an extensive literature search of fibromyalgia treatment trials and found no evidence for efficacy of opioids, corticosteroids, NSAIDs, benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics, melatonin, calcitonin, thyroid hormone, guaifenesin, dehydroepiandrosterone or magnesium.

Dana Ullman: Exploring the Research on Homeopathic Treatment for Fibromyalgia Dana Ullman 2010

In 2004, Goldenberg et al published results from an extensive literature search of fibromyalgia treatment trials and found no evidence for efficacy of opioids, corticosteroids, NSAIDs, benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics, melatonin, calcitonin, thyroid hormone, guaifenesin, dehydroepiandrosterone or magnesium.

Dana Ullman: Exploring the Research on Homeopathic Treatment for Fibromyalgia Dana Ullman 2010

The problem with most of these medications — especially so-called sedative-hypnotics, obtained by prescription and also known as benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepines — is that while they might seem to give the sufferer some relief, they either disrupt or prohibit REM sleep, the restorative kind that provides great, complicated dreams and a sense of renewed vigor and optimism in the morning.

The Waking Dead 2009

FDA guidelines suggest limiting the use of most hypnotics to seven to ten days up to a maximum of a month, yet many of us take them for much longer.

Gayle Greene: To Med or Not to Med 2009