Understanding and reducing the prescription of hypnotics and sedatives at the interface of hospital care and general practice: a protocol for a mixed-methods study
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The reviewer is a long-time critic of hypnotics who has recently proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration action to mandate additional Phase IV safety trials or else to restrict hypnotic indications. See Sleep Medicine, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2015.12.011 , the FDA documents at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=FDA-2015-P-3959 and www.DarkSideOfSleepingPills.com . REVIEW RETURNED 24-Mar-2016
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Understanding and reducing the prescription of hypnotics and sedatives at the interface of hospital care and general practice: a protocol for a mixed-methods study
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