Rethinking trazodone for insomnia in alcohol use disorder
Increased awareness in the potential of worsening drinking behaviour with trazodone accompanied by the preferential use of safer alternative treatment strategies can likely improve outcomes for patients with heavy drinking and alcohol use disorder.
Authors
- Jeffrey Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5128-5331)
- Evan Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9412-6699)
- Jürgen T. Rehm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5665-0385)
Institutions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (CA)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-025-00552-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.12
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research