TIZANIDINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND NIGHTMARES

摘要

Disclosed herein are methods of treating a psychiatric disorder, such as a sleep disorder, an anxiety disorder, a mood disorder or a perceptual disturbance. In one example, a method of treating a sleep disorder or anxiety disorder includes selecting a subject with a sleep disturbance or anxiety disorder in the absence of an underlying physical disorder and administering a therapeutically effective amount of tizanidine, thereby reducing or inhibiting a symptom of the sleep disorder or anxiety disorder. In another example, a method of treating a mood disorder or a perceptual disturbance is disclosed. This method includes selecting a subject with a mood disorder or perceptual disturbance and administering a therapeutically effective amount of tizanidine, thereby reducing or inhibiting a symptom of the mood disorder or perceptual disturbance.