Zopiclone use with depressed patients
Zopiclone use with depressed patients

Summary/Abstract: Insomnia is a common medical complaint which is often therapeutically remedied with the prescribing of a hypnotic agent (in Canada-zopiclone is the preferred drug). With Major Depressive Disorder patients, sleep disturbance is one of nine cardinal symptom (in DSM-5 “insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day”) but there is no ready information on the standards of prescribing zopiclone for this specific population. A brief description of a sample of patients with Major Depressive Disorder shows that almost half received zopiclone and often remained on this medication for years. More systematic study of this practice and how it might impact other concurrent medications is warranted

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