Sleep medications and sleep disturbances across middle aged pre- or peri-menopausal women of different race and ethnicities: A SWAN pharmacoepidemiology cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Sleep disturbances are common, particularly in middle aged women. Prescription medications for this indication are increasingly used, despite uncertain safety. This study assessed prescription medication use for sleep among a cohort of women with and without sleep disturbances.

Methods

We examined reports of sleep disturbance and sleep medication use among pre- and early peri-menopausal womenassessed annually or biennially since 1996. Women self-reported medications at visits, and we identified medications that have been used primarily for sleep disturbances. They reported on difficulties falling and staying asleep, and early morning wakening. Sleep medication use across 20 years of follow-up was examined for all women and by race/ethnicity. Women who reported data f

SUBMITTER: Solomon DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10561994 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature