Top Insomnia Treatments Offer Little Relief for Dialysis Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Two common treatments for insomnia flopped for patients undergoing hemodialysis, according to the SLEEP-HD trial.
After 6 weeks of treatment, people who underwent cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) or took trazodone... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 16, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cognitive Therapy or Trazodone Not Effective for Insomnia in Hemodialysis
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 -- For patients undergoing hemodialysis with chronic insomnia, the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) or trazodone does not differ from placebo, according to a study published online Jan. 16 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Update on pharmacological treatment for comorbid major depressive and alcohol use disorders: the role of extended-release trazodone - Nicola MD, Pepe M, Panaccione I, Moccia L, Janiri L, Sani G.
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) are major public health concerns because of their high prevalence and clinical and functional severity. MDD and AUD commonly co-occur, but effective therapeutic approaches for comorbidity are s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Risk assessment of accidental falls in patients taking trazodone, quetiapine, or risperidone for insomnia: a single-center, case-control study - Shimizu Y, Taga M, Takahashi Y, Yamamoto Y, Masauji T.
In this study, we evaluated the risk of falls with trazodone, risperidone, and quetiapine, which are recommended for use at Kanaz... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Trazodone Commonly Used Off-Label for Insomnia
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- The antidepressant trazodone is no stranger to off-label use, especially for insomnia, a real-world study found.
Among 1.4 million patients identified from U.S. medical and pharmacy claims data, over 100,000... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 20, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Why So Many Long COVID Patients Are Reporting Suicidal Thoughts
Last year, Diana Berrent—the founder of Survivor Corps, a Long COVID support group—asked the group’s members if they’d ever had thoughts of suicide since developing Long COVID. About 18% of people who responded said they had, a number much higher than the 4% of the general U.S. adult population that has experienced recent suicidal thoughts.
A few weeks ago, Berrent posed the same question to current members of her group. This time, of the nearly 200 people who responded, 45% said they’d contemplated suicide.
While her poll was small and informal, the results point to a serious problem. “...
Source: TIME: Health - June 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Safety and efficacy of melatonin, clonazepam, and trazodone in patients with Parkinson's disease and sleep disorders: a randomized, double-blind trial - Hadi F, Agah E, Tavanbakhsh S, Mirsepassi Z, Mousavi SV, Talachi N, Tafakhori A, Aghamollaii V.
Sleep disturbances are common non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). We aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of trazodone with melatonin and clonazepam in patients with PD and sleep complaints.
Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 9, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Falls, healthcare resources and costs in older adults with insomnia treated with zolpidem, trazodone, or benzodiazepines - Amari DT, Juday T, Frech FH, Wang W, Wu Z, Atkins NJ, Wickwire EM.
BACKGROUND: Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death among older Americans. While some research has found that insomnia heightens falls, health care resource utilization (HCRU) and costs, the impact of insomnia treatments on fall risk, mortality... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Single-substance trazodone exposures reported to US poison centers from 2000 to 2019 - Husak N, Leonard JB, Seung H, Klein-Schwartz W.
BACKGROUND: Individual case reports describe trazodone overdose resulting in QTc prolongation and cardiac arrhythmias. The clinical effects and outcomes associated with trazodone exposures on a large-scale basis are less well known. OBJECTIVE: The ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Fall risk, healthcare resource use, and costs among adult patients in the United States treated for insomnia with zolpidem, trazodone, or benzodiazepines: a retrospective cohort study - Amari DT, Juday TR, Frech FH, Wang W, Gor D, Atkins NJ, Wickwire EM.
The objective of this study is to compare the risk of falls, all-cause healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), and costs among patien... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Prescribing of Psychotropic Meds Up in Nursing Homes During COVID - 19
Compared with Jan. to Feb. 2020, prescriptions for antipsychotics, antidepressants, trazodone up from March to Sept. 2020 (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - March 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Infections, Neurology, Nursing, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Journal, Source Type: news
Zolpidem versus trazodone initiation and the risk of fall-related fractures among individuals receiving maintenance hemodialysis - Assimon MM, Flythe JE.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Zolpidem, a nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic, and trazodone, a sedating antidepressant, are the most common medications used to treat insomnia in the United States. Both drugs have side effect profiles (e.g., drowsiness, dizziness, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Sildenafil, Trazodone Tablets Recalled After Being Packaged Together
AvKARE says it is not aware of any patients being harmed by the recalled products (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - December 11, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Urology, Institutional, Source Type: news
Sildenafil, Trazodone Tablets Recalled After Being Packaged Together
THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2020 -- Sildenafil and trazodone tablets have been recalled by pharmaceutical distributor AvKARE because the drugs were " inadvertently packaged together " when they were bottled by a third-party vendor, according to the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 10, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Sildenafil and Trazodone Tablets Recalled After Being Packaged Together
Title: Sildenafil and Trazodone Tablets Recalled After Being Packaged TogetherCategory: Health NewsCreated: 12/10/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/10/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Depression General)
Source: MedicineNet Depression General - December 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
