Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A guide published in JAMA Internal Medicine provides strategies to promote sleep and reduce sedative-hypnotic ...

Sedative-, hypnotic-, or anxiolytic- (SHA-) related disorders include SHA intoxication, SHA withdrawal, and SHA-use disorder. These disorders result from abuse of a class of medications known as ...

June 4, 2009 — Sedatives and hypnotics may increase the risk for suicide in elderly patients, according to the results of a case-control study reported online in the June issue of BMC Geriatrics.

More teens and young adults appear to be developing addiction or dependence on drugs that help them sleep, calm down, and manage anxiety. “Teens and young adults come in with stories that are eerily ...

The prevalence of diagnosed disorders from recurrent use of sedative, hypnotic and anti-anxiety medications in adolescents and young adults has increased sharply since 2001, according to researchers.

Half of Americans Report Recent Rx Use, Says CDC Administration of a non-benzodiazepine sedative hypnotic (NBSH) does not increase the likelihood of having a low arousal phenotype for obstructive ...

Fospropofol disodium injection, an intravenous sedative-hypnotic agent for sedation in adults undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, is closer to an FDA OK after the agency’s Advisory ...

* Max daily doses apply to oral formulations only in adults. Ɨ Nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics, sometimes known as Z-drugs. Not an inclusive list of medications and/or official indications. Please see ...

Sedative hypnotics are commonly prescribed for the treatment of insomnia in the elderly, but a new meta-analysis of clinical trials on their use in this population indicates that the risks might ...

Sedative-, hypnotic-, or anxiolytic- (SHA-) related disorders include SHA intoxication, SHA withdrawal, and SHA-use disorder. These disorders result from abuse of a class of medications known as ...