Management of insomnia and long-term use of sedative-hypnotic drugs in older patients.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Non-pharmacological Treatment for Elderly Individuals With Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020
   Pooled it
2. The Association Between Benzodiazepine Use and Depression Outcomes in Older Veterans.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2015
   Trial
3. Predictors of change in sleep disturbance in Canadian long-term care facilities: a longitudinal analysis based on interRAI assessments.European geriatric medicine · 2025
   Article
4. [Sleep and sleep disorders in old age].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2024
   Article
5. Altered functional connectivity of the default mode and frontal control networks in patients with insomnia.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2023
   Article
6. Melatonin for Insomnia in Medical Inpatients: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
   Review
7. Suppression of glutathione system and upregulation of caspase 3-dependent apoptosis mediate rohypnol-induced gastric injury.Redox report : communications in free radical research · 2022
   Article
8. Sleep pattern and predictors of daily versus as-needed hypnotics use in middle-aged and older adults with insomnia.BMC primary care · 2022
   Article
9. A proposed taxonomy for population-level prescription use patterns.Journal of prescribing practice · 2021
   Article
10. Health-related quality of life in hospitalized older patients with versus without prolonged use of opioid analgesics, benzodiazepines, and z-hypnotics: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2020
    Article
11. Using benzodiazepines and Z-drugs for managing primary insomnia in adults in Saudi Arabia: an e-Delphi study to aid the development of clinical guidelines.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2019
    Article
12. Oriental herbal medicine for insomnia in the elderly with hypertension: A systematic review protocol.Medicine · 2018
    Article
13. Benzodiazepine Use, Misuse, and Harm at the Population Level in Canada: A Comprehensive Narrative Review of Data and Developments Since 1995.Clinical drug investigation · 2016
    Review
14. Novel class of medications, orexin receptor antagonists, in the treatment of insomnia - critical appraisal of suvorexant.Nature and science of sleep · 2016
    Review
15. Long-term use of diphenhydramine.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2015
    Article
16. Pharmacist-led sedative-hypnotic deprescribing in team-based primary care practice.Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPC
    Article
17. Using Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network data to examine depression in patients with a diagnosis of Parkinson disease: a retrospective cohort study.CMAJ open
    Article

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