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Article: STOP COUNTING AND START SLEEPING Can't stop tossing at bedtime? Might be time to turn to a new course of sleep aid medications
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 18, 2005
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New help is arriving for an estimated 60 million people in United
States with insomnia.
For chronic insomniacs and those who suffer occasional
sleeplessness, simple lifestyle changes can make the most significant
difference, but this month, the first of a slew of new prescription
drugs are set to hit the market.
In July, the FDA approved Rozerem -- an entirely new kind of sleep
aid. While other drugs target GABA, the brain chemical thought to
quiet the activity of neighboring cells to induce sleep, Rozerem
targets two specific receptors in the part of the brain that's often
called the body's master clock.
Because Rozerem, which will be available this month, doesn't have
any potential for ...