Table 4.

Frequency and prevalence of sleep medication use in girls and women with a sleep problem by medication type and questionnaire year

	Year of questionnaire [n (%)]
Medication	2000 (n=147)	2002 (n=166)	2004 (n=172)	2006 (n=178)	2009 (n=188)	2011 (n=172)	Total
Melatonin	1 (0.7)	2 (1.2)	3 (1.7)	6 (3.4)	10 (5.3)	9 (5.2)	31 (3.0)
Antiepileptic drug	11 (7.5)	5 (3.0)	1 (0.6)	2 (1.1)	1 (0.5)	2 (1.2)	22 (2.2)
Benzodiazepine^	3 (2.0)	3 (1.8)	3 (1.7)	4 (2.3)	2 (1.1)	4 (2.3)	19 (1.9)
Benzodiazepine#	3 (2.0)	3 (1.8)	1 (0.6)	4 (2.3)	3 (1.6)	4 (2.3)	18 (1.8)
Clonidine	0	2 (1.2)	2 (1.2)	5 (2.8)	4 (2.1)	4 (2.3)	17 (1.7)
Trimeprazine	1 (0.7)	0	4 (2.3)	5 (2.8)	3 (1.6)	3 (1.7)	16 (1.6)
Amitriptyline	1 (0.7)	2 (1.2)	2 (1.2)	2 (1.1)	3 (1.6)	2 (1.2)	12 (1.2)
Risperidone	1 (0.7)	4 (2.4)	1 (0.6)	3 (1.7)	1 (0.5)	0	10 (1.0)
Promethazine	2 (1.4)	0	3 (1.7)	1 (0.6)	0	1 (0.6)	7 (0.7)
Miscellaneous	2 (1.4)	0	1 (0.6)	0	1 (0.5)	2 (1.2)	6 (0.6)
Olanzapine	0	1 (0.6)	0	1 (0.6)	1 (0.5)	2 (1.2)	5 (0.5)
Chloral hydrate	0	1 (0.6)	1 (0.6)	2 (1.1)	0	1 (0.6)	5 (0.5)
Haloperidol	0	1 (0.6)	0	0	1 (0.5)	1 (0.6)	3 (0.3)
Hypnotics	2 (1.4)	0	0	0	1 (0.5)	0	3 (0.3)
Mirtazapine	0	0	1 (0.6)	0	0	0	1 (0.6)
Fluoxetine	0	1 (0.6)	0	0	0	0	1 (0.6)

^{^}Clobazam, clonazepam and diazepam

^#Nitrazepam, lorazepam, temazepam and oxazepam