Abstract
Twelve volunteer poor sleepers of mean age 57 years took placebo on each of 3 consecutive nights, and temelastine 100 mg on 3 consecutive nights in a double-blind balanced order study. Sleep in the EEG laboratory was unaffected by the drug.
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