Psychiatria pre prax 1/2010

Trends in pharmacotherapy of insomnia

The treatment of sleep disorders has always been a complex process that includes behavioral, neurophysiologic, psychological, chronobiological and, not in the least, pharmacological factors (1). Negative influence of different pharmaceuticals use to be very often neglected or underrated. In reverse, an extent of positive

Keywords: sleep disorders, sleeplessness, insomnia, hypnotics, chronohypnotics, chronobiotics, sedatives, chronobiology