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| | NEL, Melatonin and Anxiolytic Benzodiazepine Use |
 | | Overall quality of morning freshness, daily alertness, sleep quality, and sleep onset and offset time were assessed from structured clinical interviews and from logs completed by the patients. |
 | | Since many old patients with minor sleep disturbance received benzodiazepines in anxiolytic doses, we carried out the present study to assess whether melatonin could be useful to reduce low benzodiazepine dosage as it is in insomniac patients treated with hypnotic benzodiazepines. |
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