Management of Insomnia in Female Patients

An expert discusses the frontline management of insomnia in female patients.

EP1: Overview of Insomnia

October 27th 2022

Charlene Gamadelo, MD, provides an overview of insomnia and discusses the prevalence by race and gender, the variations in presentation of symptoms in patients, and the pathways involved in sleep wakefulness cycles.

EP2: Insomnia in Female Patients

October 27th 2022

A neurology expert describes why women experience insomnia at higher rates than men and how co-occurrence of insomnia with other medical conditions, including psychiatric disorders, can affect occurrence.

EP3: Quality of Life and Patient Communication Regarding Insomnia

November 3rd 2022

An overview of the impact insomnia can have on female patient’s quality of life and how they communicate sleep disturbance concerns with health care professionals.

EP4: Managing Female Patients With Insomnia

November 3rd 2022

An overview of the different roles of health care professionals in the management of female patients suffering from insomnia.

EP5: Approach to Treating Female Patients With Insomnia

November 10th 2022

Charlene Gamadelo, MD, provides an overview of commonly utilized insomnia treatment modalities in the treatment of female patients with insomnia.

EP6: Challenges Associated With Insomnia Treatments

November 10th 2022

Charlene Gamadelo, MD, describes the different categories of FDA approved treatments for insomnia along with challenges associated with these treatments.

EP7: Insomnia Treatment: DORAs

November 17th 2022

An overview of dual orexin receptor agonists (DORAs) therapy for the treatment of insomnia in female patients.

EP8: Insomnia Treatment Selection: DORA

November 17th 2022

Charlene Gamaldo, MD, discusses patient criteria for selecting a dual orexin receptor agonist (DORA) for insomnia treatment.