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Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: Primary Care / General Practice Article Date: 11 Nov 2009 Simple computerized alerts can help curb the impulse to prescribe unnecessarily expensive, heavily marketed drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine .

Simple computerized alerts can help curb the impulse to prescribe unnecessarily expensive, heavily marketed drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Asia's biggest drugmaker, sued Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., alleging infringement of a U.S. patent for the insomnia treatment Rozerem.

Trade and globalization -- when not referencing blockbuster sports transactions or raucous street protests, debates over these abstract terms can give Ambien and Jack Daniels a run for their money as a cure for insomnia.

NovaDel Pharma Inc. , today announced that it received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for claims under U.S. Patent Application No.

Transcept Pharmaceuticals received disappointing news from the FDA regarding the company's New Drug Application for its insomnia treatment.

Fed up with tossing and turning instead of sleeping? Exhausted from waking at 3 a.m. and not being able to get back to sleep? Help is available in a form that might surprise you: talk therapy.

What should have been a dream approval for Transcept Pharmaceuticals has turned into a nightmare for the Californian company, which now faces a significant delay to the launch of its middle of the night waking insomnia drug Intermezzo .

Do you toss and turn at night because of fibromyalgia pain or discomfort? "People with fibromyalgia tend to have very disturbed sleep," says Doris Cope, MD, director of Pain Management at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Transcept Pharmaceuticals said Thursday the Food and Drug Administration wants additional safety data on the developing insomnia drug Intermezzo to consider it for regulatory approval.

Transcept Pharmaceuticals announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter regarding the New Drug Application for Intermezzo .

Getty Images The latest pharmaceutical being sold on the street is a knock-you-out antipsychotic called Seroquel.

If you're not sleeping enough it can affect many aspects of your life. Lack of sleep contributes to poor work performance, poor memory, relationship problems, and an increase in mental health concerns.

Asked to name the most recession-resistant commodities, most people would place "drugs" in the top spot.

You have loads of school stress, a buzzing social life and other unexpected issues -- and your mind is racing! All ... night ... long.

What insomnia treatments are available today? If you think your only options are to dope yourself up on over the counter medication and pray you feel like half a human being come morning, you may have a lot more options at your fingertips than you ever imagined.

Eight per cent of people in the study reported using alcohol as a sleep aid - including 28 per cent of people who met all the diagnostic criteria for insomnia syndrome or had symptoms of the sleep disorder.

Natural medicine is the basic foundation for modern medicines; in fact most common medicines are linked to plants and herbs.

Tossing and turning in bed. Waking up for no reason at 3 or 4 in the morning. Feeling exhausted during the day.