Episodes
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Spice Up Your Sleep Life with Saffron
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Every day, millions suffer from poor sleep that disrupts their lives, and long-term sleep disorders can cause attention deficits, mood disorders, anxiety, and depression. Several prescription treatment options for sleep are available but they often have undesirable side effects and can lead to tolerance and dependency. Thus, a natural product that has been documented to improve sleep with minimal adverse events may be a better choice.
Guest Authors: Alyssa Korman, PharmD and Nicole Slater, PharmD, BCACP
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Friday Jan 18, 2019
Fall Risk and Benzos – Is Trazodone Really the Knight in Shining Armor?
Friday Jan 18, 2019
Friday Jan 18, 2019
Older adults are often tormented by insomnia, pain, and other comorbidities that impact their quality of life. Medication therapy is often sought to treat and manage these diseases, but healthcare providers often overlook the risks of prescribing medications to patients who are older, frail, and at high risk for falls. Trazodone is increasingly prescribed for insomnia instead of benzodiazepines presumably because it is considered to be safer and it does not appear on either the Beers or STOP/START lists. But is trazodone really safer for patients than benzodiazepines?
Guest Authors: Anthony M. Todd, PharmD and Nicole A Slater, PharmD, BCACP
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Monday Mar 13, 2017
Getting Some SHUTi: Using the Internet to Treat Patients with Insomnia
Monday Mar 13, 2017
Monday Mar 13, 2017
Could automated, web-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) replace flesh-and-blood healthcare practitioners? Can computers deliver healthcare at lower cost and similar quality to face-to-face interactions with humans? Several web-based CBT programs have been developed and are now being marketed directly to consumers. But do they actually work?
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