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EXPERT Q&A

What Psychiatrists Should Know About Sleep Medicine

September 1, 2015

Robert S. Rosenberg, DO, FCCP

Medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center of Prescott Valley, AZ, and author of Sleep Soundly Every Night, Feel Fantastic Every Day (Demos Medical Publishing, 201

Dr. Rosenberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

What basic questions should we be asking our patients who complain of sleep problems? We talk to Robert S. Rosenberg, DO, FCCP, to get his insight on sleep disorders, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, sleep studies, and benzodiazepines.

Belsomra: A New Hypnotic? Don’t Get Too Excited

October 1, 2014

Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP

Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP Clinical psychopharmacology consultant in private practice, Los Angeles, CA. www.taliapuzantian.com Dr. Puzantian has disclosed that she has no relevant relationships or financial interests in any commercial company pertaining to this educational activity.

In the wake (pun intended) of last year’s FDA warnings of next-morning impairment and the lower dosing recommendations for “Z drugs,” wouldn’t now be the perfect time for a new hypnotic to enter the marketplace?

Another Sleeping Pill on the Market: Merck’s Belsomra

September 1, 2014

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month approved Merck’s new insomnia drug, Belsomra, the first in a new class of hypnotics termed “orexin antagonists.” If you’ve never heard of orexin, put on your seat belts, because you’ll be getting a crash course from your local drug reps.

Treating Insomnia

May 9, 2013

Jay Coburn, MA, MS

Dr. Harris’s Reading Recommendations Carney C and Edinger J. Overcoming Insomnia: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach Workbook (Treatments that Work). New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2008 (for clinicians) Carney C and Manber R. Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep. Oakland, CA: New Harbringer Publications, Inc; 2009 Glovinsky P...