But the drug hasn’t been well-studied for longer than six weeks for people whose primary problem is insomnia.
Here’s why so many people with sleep problems turn to it, and what to do if your doctor suggests you try it.Ī handful of studies have shown that trazodone may improve sleep during the first two weeks of treatment. Trazodone, in fact, has long been among the most commonly prescribed medications to treat sleeplessness. But prescriptions also spiked for another drug often used to help people fall asleep: trazadone, a decades-old antidepressant that can cause drowsiness as a side effect. Some of those prescription meds, such as Ambien, Belsomra, and Lunesta, are quite familiar. Prescriptions for insomnia drugs also increased, according to GoodRx, a prescription drug research firm. Google searches for “insomnia” jumped 58 percent in the months following the pandemic’s onset, according to a February 2021 study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. That sleeplessness has also triggered a wave of people seeking relief. The number of people suffering from insomnia has surged during the pandemic: Twenty-eight percent of Americans, in fact, said they’ve had a harder time falling or staying asleep since its onset, according to a November 2020 Consumer Reports nationally representative survey (PDF).
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