Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2022
NICE recommends offering app-based treatment for people with insomnia instead of sleeping pills
20 May 2022 - Hundreds of thousands of people suffering from insomnia who would usually be prescribed sleeping pills could be offered an app-based treatment programme instead, NICE has said.
NICE has recommended Sleepio as an effective alternative to sleeping pills, which would save the NHS money as well we reducing prescriptions of medicines such as zolpidem and zopiclone that can be dependency forming.
Economic analysis found that healthcare costs were lower at one year when using Sleepio, mostly because of fewer GP appointments and sleeping pills prescribed.
