• Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, UNSW
Selain obat tidur, ada beberapa pilihan non-obat yang efektif untuk mengobati insomnia. Alyssa L. Miller

Beberapa alasan mengapa obat tidur harus dihindari

Menurut sejumlah studi, obat tidur (hipnotik) berbahaya jika digunakan dalam jangka panjang. Bahkan, obat ini dapat mengakibatkan kematian dini. Tapi ada kritik pada riset-riset itu.
There are many pharmacological options available for insomnia. But they will mostly make you reliant upon them for sleep. from www.shutterstock.com

I can’t sleep. What drugs can I (safely) take?

With so many different types out there, it’s hard to know what sleep medications are safe to use. Here’s a guide.
When a pain signal gets to the brain, it lets your brain know there’s a big problem so we can respond. AAP Image/DAN PELED

Curious Kids: How does pain medicine work in the body?

In short, pain medicine is able to block the processes that cause the feeling of pain. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how pain works.
There are effective non-drug options for treating insomnia. Alyssa L. Miller

Some reasons why you should avoid sleeping pills

We’ve known for a long time that hypnotic drugs are not good to take for more than one to three weeks because they are habit-forming and increase the risk of accidents. And there’s now a growing body of…

E‑prescriptions could slash errors in hospitals

Electronic prescribing technology could reduce mistakes made by hospitals in medication prescriptions by up to 66%, a study has found. The study of the technology in two hospitals found procedural errors…

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