Managing Insomnia in the Primary Care Setting: Moving Towards Safer Therapies

Insomnia is an underrecognized, undertreated, and, unfortunately, often mistreated condition, putting patients at serious health risks that are preventable with evidence-based care. For patients who do not adequately respond to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, multiple pharmacologic options are available that can be tailored to specific insomnia symptoms, and newer agents have improved safety profiles over conventional hypnotics. It is vital that clinicians are able to differentiate these agents based on patient symptoms to make optimal treatment selections to meet the needs of each individual patient.

The educational program, "Managing Insomnia in the Primary Care Setting: Moving Towards Safer Therapies," will reinforce the impact of insomnia on patient health, review related comorbidities, examine current and emerging therapies, and provide strategies for engaging patients in their insomnia management using a shared decision-making approach.