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Table 3 Perceptions about side effects

From: Medications for sleep disturbance in children and adolescents with depression: a survey of Canadian child and adolescent psychiatrists

 

Nightmares (%)

Daytime fatigue (%)

Headache (%)

Excessive sedation (%)

Long-term safety (%)

Melatonin

16.4

9.0

9.0

3.0

4.5

Trazodone

11.9

35.8

13.4

37.3

6.0

Quetiapine

4.5

49.3

3.0

58.2

22.4

  1. %: Percentages of respondents who noticed various side effects when prescribing melatonin, trazodone and quetiapine (i.e. the three medications which were rated by the most respondents as effective)