Article: VOA NEWS: POPULARITY OF PRESCRIPTION SLEEP AIDS GROWS AS MORE AMERICANS SUFFER FROM INSOMNIA

Article: O-T-C sleep aids win converts.(EAR ...
Chain Drug Review;  April 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... taking certain prescription sleep aids being prone to ... changes on 13 prescription sleep aids. "After reviewing ... most O-T-C sleep aids are formulated ... that found in prescription sleep tablets, medical ...

Article: Homeopathic, natural sleep aids tout obvious ...
Chain Drug Review;  April 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... prescriptions were filled for sleep aids in 2005, the last ... natural or homeopathic sleep aids--MidNite, Hyland ... reactions associated with prescription sleep medications have forced ... that their O-T-C sleep aids do not lead to drowsiness ...

Article: For the young and old ear care is important.(EAR ...
Chain Drug Review;  April 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK -- While far from the most glamorous category in chain drug stores' mix, ear care is one of a handful of product areas that have helped define the trade class as a health care destination. According to Information Resources Inc. (IRI), drug store sales of ear care products increased 7.8%

Article: FIRST IN A NEW CLASS OF PRESCRIPTION SLEEP ...
PR Newswire;  December 21, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... SKOKIE, Ill., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambien(TM) (zolpidem tartrate), the first of a new class of prescription sleep aids, has been approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, G.D. Searle & Co. announced ...

Article: Before Taking Prescription Sleep-Aids ...
Business Wire;  May 30, 2007 ;     641 words ...SUMMIT, N.J. -- As Americans work longer hours and juggle the demands of work and family, getting a good night's sleep is becoming increasingly difficult. Most adults require 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night, but many are surviving on only 5 to 6. Many Americans are overly fatigued and studies now

Article: Ad war looms as market for sleep aids balloons
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... generation of prescription sleep medications ... emerging class of sleep aids is spurring ... months as more sleep aids hit the market ... far the only prescription sleep aid approved ... FDA-approved sleep aids tend to lose ...

Article: OTC options: help for the sleepless. (over-the-counter ...
FDA Consumer;  September 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... counter (OTC) nighttime sleep-aids, regulated by the Food and ... Used appropriately, OTC and prescription sleep-aids also can help provide sounder ... ingredient in OTC nighttime sleep-aids. In the early 1970s, FDA ...