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How do you manage patients who report complex sleep behaviors while taking zolpidem or another Z-hypnotic?

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Psychiatry · The University of New Mexico

At first, I'd prefer to rule out sleep-disordered breathing, and if sleep-disordered breathing is present, ensure that it is adequately treated. Addressing sleep-disordered breathing will decrease the likelihood of parasomnia behavior as well as insomnia in general.

Then, if the patient still requir...

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