Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders (definition)

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Definition: Disorders characterized by impairment of the ability to initiate or maintain sleep. This may occur as a primary disorder or in association with another medical or psychiatric condition.

do not confuse with SLEEP DEPRIVATION, being deprived of sleep or prevented from sleeping; usually chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE
Examples Insomnia, Fatal Familial

Other names Sleeplessness; Insomnia; Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep; Sleep Initiation Dysfunctions; Insomnias; Insomnia, Transient; Insomnia, Secondary; Insomnia, Rebound; Insomnia, Psychophysiological; Insomnia, Primary; Insomnia, Nonorganic; Insomnia, Chronic; Insomnia Disorders; Dysfunctions, Sleep Initiation; Dysfunction, Sleep Initiation; Awakening, Early; Transient Insomnia; Sleep Initiation Dysfunction; Secondary Insomnia; Rebound Insomnia

Substance	CAS Registry & name	Categories	Source
zopiclone	43200-80-2 1-Piperazinecarboxylic acid, 4-methyl-, 6-(5-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-6,7-dihydro-7-oxo-5H-pyrrolo(3,4-b)pyrazin-5-yl ester	Piperazines Azabicyclo Compounds Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders. Pharma Action Hypnotics and Sedatives		LUNESTA

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Sources: NLM Medical Subject Headings, NIH UMLS, Drugs@FDA, FDA AERS original data copyright United States Government. No endorsement implied. Last modified 6/6/2012
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