Archive for insomnia

New type of sleeping drug blocks wakefulness, rather than causing sleepiness

Sunday, June 17th, 2012

Pharma company Merck announced results at a sleep conference recently from a large clinical trial on its new sleeping aid called suvorexant. These results demonstrated that the new drug allowed people with chronic insomnia to get to sleep faster and sleep longer than those taking a placebo. In one study, after 3 months of treatment, ... read more »

How to put insomniacs to sleep

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

An article in a recent edition of Internal Medicine News cites a report from a recent meeting on sleep medicine concerning a behavioral approach to getting chronic insomniacs to get to sleep. Insomnia is a significant problem in America. According to the AmbienCR.com website, 37 percent of US adults have reported having trouble falling asleep at ... read more »