This is a really interesting press release I saw regarding the use of zolpidem (Ambien) and its effects to enhance memory consolidation. It will be interesting to see where this leads, although it begs the question “at what point to the risks of taking Ambien outweigh the potential rewards?”. From The University of California, Riverside:… Read More…
I watch the Daily Show with John Stewart most mornings on HULU, and I’ve noticed over the last couple of weeks that Intermezzo® is running ads all over the place. Quite the marketing - targeting HULU users. When I see the ad, and know the money that they’re pouring in to this campaign, I get angry. Intermezzo®… Read More…
Over the last little while, sleep has taken a hit again. It appears to be very random, and I could sleep relatively well one night, and then it all falls apart the next. This is becoming such a frequent issue, that I now consider myself a “career insomniac” with periodic “reasonable” sleep – reasonable… Read More…
You could take weeks, months or years to research your sleep. But the information you really need is distilled here. In about five minutes, you’ll get a crash-course on sleep and insomnia. I’ll also tell you about treatment – what works and what doesn’t. What Is Insomnia? Insomnia is defined as either having a hard… Read More…
Joe Penniston via Compfight I’m sure this post will raise some anxiety if I dismiss an insomnia treatment that happens to work for you. I’m sorry, but as you’ll read later, I wonder if it’s really doing anything. I generally put most primary insomnia treatments (secondary insomnia is a whole other thing) into one of five… Read More…
James Vaughan via Compfight Consumer Reports – the subscriber supported (ie: no advertising) monthly magazine that analyses all things consumer, recently did a section called “Sleep Tighter” in their August 2012 issue. Since they are terrifically unbiased, I thought it was worth relaying a few of the more interesting stats they found. Their survey was… Read More…
Gisela Giardino via Compfight Doctors make a lot of money. We assume that the money comes from either a patient or an insurance company. But there could be a third source of income for your doctor. A pharmaceutical company. There’s a disturbing item in The Wall Street Journal about this issue. It’s US-centric, but it could… Read More…
Auntie P via Compfight This used to be something reserved for Defense Contractors – it was introduced during the American Civil War to prevent said contractors from swindling money out of the Union Army. Lately though, it hasn’t been Lougheed-Martin or Halliburton in the news for breaking the “False Claims Act”, it’s one of the… Read More…
Tatiana Bulyonkova via Compfight At the Sleep 2012 conference, Merck and Company presented a paper outlining their new insomnia drug, Suvorexant. Suxorexant (MK-4305) is called an orexin receptor antagonist. Orexins play a key role in stimulating wakefulness and energy expenditure. The way this drug works is to block the action of these orexins. The drug has already been… Read More…
Ludovic Bertron via Compfight I read in the paper a couple of weeks ago that recently deceased Junior Seau (All-Pro Linebacker with the San Diego Chargers) was taking Ambien for his horrendous insomnia. One of the known side effects of Ambien is suicidal thoughts. This, in combination with the multiple head trauma’s he must have… Read More…
