With the use of sleep medication increasing, little is known about the long-term benefits of these medications. The researchers compared reductions in sleep difficulties across a large cohort of women who used and did not use prescription sleep medication.
Middle-aged women who initiate sleep medications do not have significant improvement in their sleep disturbance compared with those who do not initiate medications.
Sodium oxybate treatment may be associated with weight reduction and stabilization in children with type 1 narcolepsy.
In order to assess the efficacy and safety of JZP-258, a lower sodium alternative product to sodium oxybate, study authors designed a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal, multicenter study with an open-label safety extension.
Individuals most at risk for neurobehavioral performance impairment during sleep deprivation can be accurately identified by a visual psychomotor vigilance task.
In patients with suspected or confirmed OSA, clinically significant erythrocytosis appears uncommon.
Long-term abstinence after cocaine dependence was shown to be associated with improved sleep quality after an initial worsening period.
OSA is associated with sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy and with progression to pre-/proliferative DR for patients with type 2 diabetes.
Depressive symptoms number higher in people with type 2 diabetes who prefer late evening activity.
Impaired sleep in the week before surgery predicts greater acute postoperative pain in children.
