Exploring New Frontiers for the Pharmacological Treatment of Insomnia
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Copyright: © 2014 Álamo C, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder and approximately 10% of the world’s population will report that they suffer from chronic or persistent insomnia [1]. Insomnia is a condition of unsatisfactory sleep, either in terms of sleep onset, sleep maintenance or early waking. Furthermore, insomnia impairs daytime well-being and subjective abilities and functioning. Insomnia must be considered a ‘24-hour’ disorder [2].
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