The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE787
March 10, 1989
Oral Hypnotic Drugs
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Oral Hypnotic Drugs
March 10, 1989 (Issue: 787)
Three benzodiazepines and 16 other compounds are marketed in the USA for treatment of insomnia. Many authorities believe that insomnia is overdiagnosed and overtreated (MK Erman, ed, Sleep Disorders, Psychiatr Clin North Am, Volume 10, Dec 1987).
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