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Pharmacotherapy for Chronic Insomnia: A Brief Survey of PCP Attitudes and Preferences

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Sorscher AJ, Siddiqui AA , Olson A and Johnson D

Purpose: To examine primary care professionals’ (PCP) attitudes and prescribing preferences toward hypnotic medications to treat chronic insomnia.
Methods: An online survey was sent to members of the Dartmouth CO-OP, a practice-based primary care research network in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.  The survey begins with a case vignette of a 64-year old woman suffering from chronic insomnia.  Clinicians were then presented with eight questions about management of the patient and their attitudes toward prescribing medications, focusing on benzodiazepines/benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BDZ/BZRAs).
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DOI: 10.4172/2325-9639.1000169

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