The Development of Therapeutic Drugs for Insomnia

Abstract

The number of patients with insomnia is continually increasing recently which has serious impact on their psychological and physiological health and in result people's demand for sedative-hypnotic is growing. In this paper, benzodiazepine which was widely used on clinic has been introduced, including its mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, adverse reactions and development history, what's more, several kinds of new non-benzodiazepine and our traditional Chinese medicine's function on treating insomnia is introduced. Comprehensive analysis found that the combination of Chinese and Western treatment methods and new hypnotic drugs will become the main development direction of the treatment of insomnia.