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Difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, or waking up too early, or sleep
Define insomnia that is nonrestorative and accompanied by daytime impairment-despite adequate
opportunity and circumstances for sleep

Transient: 2-3 nights
Types of insomnia? Short term: resolves in less than 3 weeks
Chronic: lasts greater than a month

What do 10-20% of patients usually self Alcohol or nonprescription products
medicate with for insomnia?

Psychophysiologic
Inadequate sleep hygiene
Contributing factors to insomnia?
Medical conditions: ex. respiratory illness or restless leg
Medications

*with opiods-> most patients experience it once
the meds are withdrawn
Common medication related causes of
insomnia?
*alpha and beta antagonists can mess with REM
sleep

*need at least 6-7 hours dedicated to sleep or else
What do you need to collect and assess for could have mental cognition issues
a patient with suspected insomnia?




What is the treatment pathway for
insomnia?



Educate on sleep hygiene
What are the three treatment principles? Eliminate unnecessary pharmacotherapy
Consider need for pharmacotherapy

, Retrains a persons thoughts and feelings toward
sleep
More intensive
What is CBT?
Apps that you can use for CBTI


CHRONIC INSOMNIA

These try and increase activity of GABA
Insomnia pharmacotherapy : sedative
hypnotics



Estazolam
Flurazepam
What are the BZDs with FDA insomnia
Quazepam
indication?
Temazepam (Restoril)
Triazolam (Halcion)

Latency and maintenance
What is Estazolams sedative-hypnotic
Best of the BZDs for latenence and maintenence
effect? Notes?
3A4 substrate

Latency and maintence
High risk of hangover due to long duration of action
What is Flurazepam sedative-hypnotic
Dont use in elderly
effect? Notes?
Not the best to use for regular adults also
3A4 substrate

Latency and maintenence
What is Quazepam sedative-hypnotic High risk of hangover effect
effect? Notes? Dont use in elderly / might not be great for adults also
3A4 substrate

Maintenence - > mnore of an intermediate onset
Not good for latency
What is temazepam sedative-hypnotic
effect? Notes?
Phase II metabolism
Dont ave to be concerned about 3A4 drug interaction

What is Triazolam sedative-hypnotic Latency only
effect? Notes? 3A4 substrate

*if patients rapidly stop benzos it can cause
What are the BZD non-sedative/hypnotic problems
effects? -insomnia again, anxiety




What are the precautions for BZDs?




Adverse effects for BZDs?



Eszopiclone (lunesta)
What are the non-benzodiazepine GABAA
Zaleplon
Agonists (Z drugs)
Zolpidem (Ambien; Ambien CR; Edluar SL)

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