As one of common physical and mental ailments, insomnia may cause serious adverse effects on a patient's daily life. And serious accidents occur in long-term cases.1 Despite comprehensive treatments, 9.38%-17.0% of...As one of common physical and mental ailments, insomnia may cause serious adverse effects on a patient's daily life. And serious accidents occur in long-term cases.1 Despite comprehensive treatments, 9.38%-17.0% of the treated insomniacs fail to benefit at all. Thus the term of "refractory insomnia" has been coined.24 At present, there is no literature reporting the roles of estazolam plus alternating current magnetic field (ACMF) for treating insomnia. In the present study, estazolam plus ACMF was employed for the patients with refractory insomnia so as to explore the clinical efficacies of such a combined modality.展开更多
文摘As one of common physical and mental ailments, insomnia may cause serious adverse effects on a patient's daily life. And serious accidents occur in long-term cases.1 Despite comprehensive treatments, 9.38%-17.0% of the treated insomniacs fail to benefit at all. Thus the term of "refractory insomnia" has been coined.24 At present, there is no literature reporting the roles of estazolam plus alternating current magnetic field (ACMF) for treating insomnia. In the present study, estazolam plus ACMF was employed for the patients with refractory insomnia so as to explore the clinical efficacies of such a combined modality.