Insomnia: Pharmacologic Treatment.
Clin Geriatr Med
; 37(3): 401-415, 2021 08.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34210446
ABSTRACT
Insomnia afflicts many geriatric patients worldwide and results in both clinical and economic consequences. Prescribing hypnotics to the elderly is particularly challenging due to multitudes of adverse effects and drug interactions. Although benzodiazepines and "Z" drugs such as zolpidem have been popular in the past, they carry a high risk of adverse effects in the elderly, such as devastating falls and injuries as well as potentially an increase in mortality. Newer classes of hypnotics such as dual orexin receptor antagonists are much better tolerated and can be explored as a potential treatment for insomnia in the elderly.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sleep
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Sleep Aids, Pharmaceutical
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Hypnotics and Sedatives
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Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Geriatr Med
Journal subject:
GERIATRIA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article