Posted by med_empowered on February 21, 2005, at 0:49:18
In reply to lunesta, posted by CareBear04 on February 20, 2005, at 22:22:28
hey! yeah, drug-resistant insomnia sucks. I think lunesta is supposed to come out soon...I believe this is the sleeping pill (a couple new ones are coming out...apprently the big pharm companies think sleeping pills may be the new anti-depressants in terms of sales) that got FDA approved specifically for longer-term use (above and beyond the standard 2-weeks). Anyway, remeron's supposed to be good, trazadone is pretty good, I personally wouldn't do trilafon or any other anti-psychotics, especially old ones, for sleep. The only other things I could suggest would be barbiturates. not many docs will write for them, but some will try out phenobarbital (its not as bad in terms of addiction or killing people as say, seconal) as a sedative/anxiolytic.
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