There's "a lot of inappropriate prescribing for insomnia," said Rajesh Balkrishnan, the director of the Center for Medication Use, Policy, and Economics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.Īntidepressants could "tranquilize you for a shorter period of time," about five to six hours, Balkrishnan said. Sleep experts say some antidepressants can help a person sleep, but their sedating effects can wane over time. When those options don't work, he turns to antidepressants. McCall said he treats an insomnia patient with sleeping drugs first. You've made a decision to ignore the proven effective treatment and decided instead to do who knows what." "I think the harm in it is the delay of effective treatment. Vaughn McCall, medical director of the Sleep Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. "There's inadequate body of information to support use of the unapproved treatment," said Dr. But the Food and Drug Administration has not officially approved antidepressants for insomnia.
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