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Article: Chronic Insomnia Baffles Sleeping Experts
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- June 15, 2005
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LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
AP Online
06-15-2005
Dateline: WASHINGTON
Chronic insomnia is a major public health problem affecting millions of Americans, but there's far too little research to know how to best treat them, what causes their sleep disruption or its health consequences, an expert panel told the National Institutes of Health Wednesday.
The most common treatments _ over-the-counter allergy medicines that cause drowsiness, alcohol or an old antidepressant _ come with little evidence that they help and can themselves cause problems, warned the panel's draft conclusions.
The best treatment options to date are behavioral/cognitive therapy _ training people to reduce anxiety and ...