Archive for treatments 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 »