She said she believes she accidentally took a sleeping pill instead of her daily thyroid medication.
In an initial test on 200 insomniacs, it reduced sleeping pill consumption by 40% in five weeks.
Thalidomide was famously pulled as a sleeping pill in 1962, after it was associated with birth defects.
The drugs to be submitted to the FDA will include a first-of-its-kind AIDS treatment and a sleeping pill.
As part of the deal, King would also get a 400-person sales force and Sonata, a sleeping pill.
The court earlier heard how the woman had taken some alcohol and a sleeping pill prior to being attacked.
The opportunity is likely to be primary-care doctors who will most want a sleeping pill with fewer side effects.
The researchers conclude that the therapy is "superior" to the sleeping pill both in the short and long term.
Dinner after departure from Los Angeles is followed by a sleeping pill.
Monsanto is based in St Louis and its products include the artificial sweetener NutraSweet, agricultural products, and drugs, including the sleeping pill Ambien.
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Earlier this year, Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) licensed a sleeping pill from Lundbeck, a Danish drug firm.
By early Monday morning, a decision from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected for yet a whole new type of sleeping pill.
Meanwhile, regulars recently demanded more data before approving Neurocrine Biosciences ' indiplon sleeping pill, prompting partner Pfizer to drop its deal with Neurocrine last week.
It remains the most popular psychiatric drug, topping more recently introduced medicines like the sleeping pill Ambien (No. 2) and the antidepressant Lexapro (No. 3).
His doctor prescribed the anti-depressant Lexapro and the sleeping pill Ambien.
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She has had particular luck with Seroquel in low doses, which has often been used for its sedating effects (see: Antipsychotic Prescribed As Sleeping Pill).
On nights when they have different bedtimes, Ms. Ellis may take an Ambien sleeping pill, which keeps her from waking up when Mr. Ellis comes to bed later.
Moreover, the company has had a string of regulatory disappointments with medicines like indiplon, a sleeping pill, and more recently an antipsychotic that it was developing with Akzo Nobel.
I've devoted great care to planning how I'll exit the scene: every month for the last year I've been pilfering a sleeping pill from Maman's box on the night-table.
Late last year, 57-year-old Marcia Bergeron ordered a package of what she thought was a generic form of the sleeping pill Ambien from an online pharmacy based in Eastern Europe.
The sleeping pill market is particularly ripe for innovation.
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Moreover, the company has had a string of regulatory disappointments with medicines like indiplon, a sleeping pill, and more recently an antipsychotic that it was developing with Akzo Nobel (nasdaq: AKZOY - news - people ).
Meanwhile, regulars recently demanded more data before approving Neurocrine Biosciences ' (nasdaq: NBIX - news - people ) indiplon sleeping pill, prompting partner Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) to drop its deal with Neurocrine last week.
In December, Sepracor's Lunesta became the first sleeping pill approved without a restriction, limiting its use for a week or so, on its label. (Ambien has such a limitation, though many doctors prescribe it for longer.) Indiplon, being developed by Neurocrine and Pfizer, is likely to get similar labeling.
Most travelers arrive in a new time zone, take a sleeping pill to fall asleep at bedtime, drink coffee during the day to stay awake, and wait it out until they feel better, says Charmane Eastman, a professor of behavioral sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, who has devised strategies for people seeking to minimize jet lag.
In December, Sepracor's Lunesta became the first sleeping pill approved without a restriction, limiting its use for a week or so, on its label. (Ambien has such a limitation, though many doctors prescribe it for longer.) Indiplon, being developed by Neurocrine and Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ), is likely to get similar labeling.
For instance, AstraZeneca's (nyse: AZN - news - people ) Seroquel is often used for its sleep-promoting or calming effect. (see: " Antipsychotic Prescribed as Sleeping Pill") Eli Lilly 's (nyse: LLY - news - people ) Zyprexa has even been used in rare cases in patients with anorexia--one of the drug's potential side effects is weight gain.
The last big shift in the sleeping-pill market came 12 years ago, when Ambien hit pharmacy shelves in the U.S. The drug is viewed as having fewer side effects than older sleep aids such as Halcion, which left patients feeling groggy in the morning.
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