Why some patients quit a newer insomnia medication

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Researchers reviewed hundreds of online accounts from people taking lemborexant, a prescription medication for insomnia, and found that about one in four reviewers had stopped or planned to stop using it. The findings describe patient-reported experiences and reasons for discontinuation.

Researchers from Rutgers and other universities analyzed hundreds of online reviews on lemborexant—and learned that about 1 in 4 of the reviewers stopped or planned to stop taking the prescription medication used to treat insomnia.