Trends in Dispensing of Zolpidem and Low-Dose Trazodone Among Commercially Insured Adults in the United States, 2011-2018.

Authors :: Wong, Jenna
Murray Horwitz, Mara
Bertisch, Suzanne M.
Herzig, Shoshana J.
Buysse, Daniel J.
Toh, Sengwee
Source :: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; 12/1/2020, Vol. 324 Issue 21, p2211-2213, 3p
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: This study uses IBM MarketScan database data to describe trends in zolpidem and low-dose trazodone dispensing among adults with employer-sponsored insurance or Medicare supplemental plans between 2011 and 2018, before and after a 2017 clinical practice guideline discouraged trazodone use for insomnia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: ZOLPIDEM
IMIDAZOPYRIDINES
TRAZODONE
INSOMNIA
SLEEP deprivation
RESEARCH
EMPLOYER-sponsored health insurance
RESEARCH methodology
EVALUATION research
MEDICAL cooperation
COMPARATIVE studies
MEDICAL prescriptions
MEDIGAP

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