March 18 is World Sleep Day, an annual global event that aims to improve sleep health worldwide. World Sleep Day is organized by the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) to spread awareness of important sleep-related issues and the burden insomnia places on society through a series of special events.Yes, I'm sure. You need to remind everyone that they are having trouble sleeping- so they will come into your clinics. You now have a shiny new drug for insomnia you guys are literally trying to shove down people's throats. The one that causes depression and suicidal ideation. Yep.
This year it is focusing on sleep loss resulting from the need to urinate during the night.I hope they aren't using this particular symptom as bait to sell Suvorexant.
This can be caused by drinking a lot before bedtime, or having a high caffeine or alcohol intake, which can easily be remedied by lifestyle changes. It can also be due to an imbalance in normal body rhythms causing the body to overproduce urine at night—nocturia.
Nocturia is a primary indicator symptom of diabetes. And blocking orexin receptors is going to make that problem worse. Yep. Yep. Yep.
