New Study Demonstrates Ramelteon Does Not Exacerbate Respiratory Depressant Effects in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe COPD

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study presented today showed that ramelteon did not exacerbate respiratory depressant effects in patients (40 years and older) with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as measured by oxygenation or abnormal breathing even...

New Sleep Medication not Effective for Treating Abuse or Cognitive Impairment

...edative abuse, the newly approved sleep medication ramelteon does not appear// to have effects that indicate po...d the potential for abuse and cognitive effects of ramelteon compared with placebo and with triazolam, a benzod...h day in random order: 16, 80 or 160 milligrams of ramelteon (the recommended treatment dosage is 8 milligrams)...

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New Study Presented at WorldSleep 2007 Demonstrates Ramelteon Has Sustained Efficacy Over Six Months in Adults With Chronic Insomnia

CAIRNS, Australia, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- What and When Data from a six-month study of ramelteon will be presented in poster format at worldsleep07: The 5th World Congress of the World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Societies to be held in Cairns, Australia September 2-6, 2...

New Study Suggests no Significant Impairment in Middle-of-the-Night Balance, Mobility or Memory in Older Adults Using Ramelteon

SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study presented today showed that ramelteon did not impair middle-of-the-night balance, mobility or memory performance in older adults with insomnia, relative to placebo. This study also demonstrated, as in previous studies, that patients treated with ...

Prescription Sleeping Pill Use Tied to Cancer

...ience in investigating the carcinogenic effects of drugs. The effects of 556 person-years of taking either zaleplon (Sonata), Eszopiclone (Lunesta), ramelteon (Rozerem) and zolpidem (Ambien) were assessed, compared to a control group who took a placebo over 230 person-years. Kripke found eight non-melanoma s...