- Preparations available for either sleep-onset insomnia or sleep-maintenance insomnia
- Little effect on sleep architecture: Some SWS suppression
- Generally well tolerated (unpleasant taste, headache, anterograde amnesia, daytime drowsiness)
- Some preparations have limitations on duration of use
- Alternative formulations available (sublingual, oral spray)
| - Little empirical evidence of efficacy in children
- Uncommon but significant side effects
- Hallucinations
- Complex sleep-related behaviors (eg, sleepwalking or sleep driving)*
- Abrupt withdrawal with prolonged use (>2 weeks) may be associated with rebound
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