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Zopiclone in the treatment of insomnia in depressed patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M Van Moffaert
Affiliation:
Universitair Sekenhuis Gent, Psychiatrische Kliniek, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 G, Belgium
C Pilate
Affiliation:
Universitair Sekenhuis Gent, Psychiatrische Kliniek, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 G, Belgium
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Summary

During the early treatment of a major depressive episode with amitryptiline, insomnia was treated in 81 patients in a double-blind comparative trial comparing zopiclone and flunitrazepam. The study showed no major differences in the efficacy profile and showed better tolerability for zopiclone than for flunitrazepam.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1995

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