Efficacy and Side Effects of Chloral Hydrate and Tryptophan as Sleeping Aids in Psychogeriatric Patients
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in International Pharmacopsychiatry
- Vol. 15 (2) , 124-128
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000468423
Abstract
The effects of placebo, L-tryptophan 3 g and chloral hydrate 500 mg on sleep were studied in 19 nonpsychotic, mildly demented, geriatric inpatients. Only chloral hydrate was more effective in inducing and maintaining sleep than placebo. Neither chloral hydrate nor L-tryptophan had any significant side effects, but withdrawal of chloral hydrate was associated with insomnia.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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