Pharmacotherapy treatment principles for insomnia

Abstract

Pharmacotherapy of insomnia is an integral part of the treatment of this clinical syndrome. The range of drugs used for the treatment of sleep disorders is quite extensive, and not all of them are “true” sleeping pills”. Such pills often belong to the various classes of psychotropic medications. Advanced sleeping pills taken in compliance with the necessary rules provide the necessary sleeping effect without accompanied negative changes in the sleep structure and the quality of the subsequent waking. The domestic and foreign studies, the leading professional community guidelines (the Russian Society of Somanologists – 2016, the European Sleep Research Society – 2017, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine – 2017, the American College of Physicians – 2016) show that normalization of sleep in patients with insomnia by various methods, including pharmacotherapy, neutralizes its negative effects, improves the adaptive capacity of the individual and prevents the chronic sleep disorders with severe adverse effects.