Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter

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#215 - Seqoquel and Insomnia: Same Thing From The Same Old Cause

#215 - Seqoquel and Insomnia: Same Thing From The Same Old Cause3 Aug41 min

Ten million prescriptions a year, and most of them aren't for what the drug was built to treat. Seroquel started life as an antipsychotic — engineered to quiet psychosis, not close your eyes. Somewhere along the way it became one of the most common "off the record" sleep aids in America, riding on a side effect nobody set out to sell. The evidence behind that shift is thinner than most people assume — and Seroquel isn't the only drug doing this. In this episode we will: Trace quetiapine from ...