Main description:

This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics focuses on Medications and their Effects on Sleep and Wake, with topics including: Sleep-wake neurochemistry; Effect of sleep and circadian rhythm on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; Drugs used in insomnia and non restorative sleep; Drug-induced excessive sleepiness; Drug-induced insomnia; Drug-induced sleep disordered breathing and ventilatory impairment; Drug-induced parasomnias and movement disorders; Abuse and dependency on sleep and waking; Sleep-related drug therapy in special conditions: children; Sleep-related drug therapy in special conditions: pregnancy; Sleep-related drug therapy in special conditions: the elderly; Medicolegal and social consequences of sleep disorders; and Tapering sleep-related drug therapy.

Contents:

Preface

Sleep-Wake Neurochemistry

Effect Of Sleep And Circadian Rhythm On Pharmacokinetics And Pharmacodynamics

Drugs Used In Insomnia And Non-Restorative Sleep

Drugs Used In Narcolepsy And Other Hypersomnias

Drugs Used In Restless Legs Syndrome And Periodic Limb Movement Disorder

Drugs Used In Sleep Disordered Breathing

Drugs Used In Circadian Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disturbances

Drugs Used In Parasomnias

Drug-Induced Insomnia And Excessive Sleepiness

Drug-Induced Sleep Disordered Breathing And Ventilatory Impairment

Drug-Induced Parasomnias And Movement Disorders

Abuse And Dependency On Sleep And Waking

Sleep-Related Drug Therapy In Special Conditions: Children

Sleep-Related Drug Therapy In Special Conditions: Pregnancy

Medicolegal And Social Consequences Of Sleep Disorders A Paradoxical Issue.

De-Escalating Sleep-Related Drug Therapy