使用药物治疗来解决自闭症谱系障碍的睡眠障碍
Valeria Mammarella1, Silvia Orecchio1, Noemi Cameli1
1Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Expert review of neurotherapeutics
|October 9, 2023
概括
睡眠障碍在自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 中很常见,并影响家庭. 梅拉是唯一具有足够治疗证据的药物,尽管可以考虑其他药物.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 睡眠障碍是自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 中的显著并发症,影响儿童的行为,情绪和ASD核心特征.
- 患有自闭症儿童的失眠会对家庭的生活质量产生负面影响,强调需要有效的管理策略.
研究的目的:
- 审查ASD儿童 (0-18岁) 睡眠障碍药理疗法的科学证据.
- 通过澄清证据基础,指导临床医生选择合适的治疗方法.
主要方法:
- 对PubMed和Cochrane图书馆数据库的系统文献审查.
- 搜索词包括"自闭症谱系障碍"",药物治疗"和"睡眠障碍".
主要成果:
- 黑色素是唯一一个有足够证据治疗ASD睡眠障碍的化合物.
- 其他药物,如抗组胺剂,特拉佐,克洛尼丁,拉梅尔, gabapentin 和 suvorexant 可能会被考虑,但证据不那么强.
结论:
- 睡眠障碍的治疗是管理ASD的主要目标.
- 基于证据的药物选择,以黑激素为主要选择,对于改善ASD患者睡眠障碍的结果至关重要.
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