| Autor: |
Takao Kato, Nozomu Kotorii, Motohiro Ozone, Kenta Murotani, Hayato Ohshima, Hiroyuki Mori, Kenjirou Wasano, Hiroshi Hiejima, Mitsunari Habukawa, Naohisa Uchimura |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, Vol 44, Iss 1, Pp 80-89 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2574-173X |
| DOI: |
10.1002/npr2.12386 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Aims In Japan, the daily dosage of hypnotic drugs for insomnia treatment is increasing year by year, and over‐dependence on treatment with hypnotic drugs is a major problem. This study aimed to examine the factors related to the elimination of prescriptions of three or more hypnotic drugs within 1 year in our clinic. Methods We conducted two surveys. Survey ① assessed the frequency of prescriptions of three or more hypnotic drugs by retrospectively reviewing the medical records of all patients who visited general and psychiatric outpatient clinics from January 2013 to March 2019. Survey ② assessed changes in prescriptions of hypnotic and psychotropic drugs within the subsequent year by retrospectively reviewing the medical records of all patients prescribed three or more hypnotic drugs who visited neuropsychiatric outpatient clinics multiple times between April 2013 and March 2019. Results The frequency of prescribing three or more hypnotic drugs was six to nine times higher in psychiatry than in other departments. Flunitrazepam and brotizolam were the most common drugs prescribed and had the second lowest discontinuation rate after zolpidem. Conversely, eszopiclone, zopiclone, and suvorexant had the highest discontinuation rates. The success factors for drug reduction were age (odds ratio [OR]: 0.97, p |
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