Sentences with phrase «hypnotic sleep medications»

In 2012 another study in the same journal was published looked at hypnotic sleep medications (including benzodiazepines), and concluded that people taking them were about three times more likely to die during the two - and - a-half-year study.

Not exact matches

Some doctors will prescribe hypnotic medications to inhibit sleep eaters from getting out of bed in the first place.

«A lower dose is going to shift your circadian rhythm, while a higher dose works more like a sleep medication or hypnotic,» Dr. Avidan points out.

The authors weren't as supportive of using medications, such as hypnotics, sedatives, stimulants, and benzodiazepines, for sleep - wake disorders.

In a 2006 government - sponsored analysis, it performed slightly worse than hypnotic medications; patients fell asleep seven to 16 minutes faster and slept 11 to 19 minutes longer than they did with a placebo.

While hypnotic medications work to slow down the central nervous system, Rozerem instead mimics melatonin, a chemical that helps regulate the body's natural sleep - wake cycle.

Firstly, many older adults with sleep problems have underlying problems that should be treated directly: disease, medication that causes insomnia, depression, psychiatric disorders, sleep apnea, periodic limb movements, and inability to decrease the dose of a presently taken hypnotic.

Exclusion criteria were insomnia caused by disease or medication, sleep apnea, regular use of hypnotic or psychotropic medication, current psychotherapy, presence of major depression or other serious psychiatric conditions, or confirmed cognitive impairment.