Therapie von Schlafstörungen und Depressionen mit der Aminosäure L-Tryptophan

Abstract: Our meritocracy makes great demands on the individual in their job as well as in their private life, and these demands can be - among others - a cause for sleep disturbances and depressive ill-feelings. Hyposomnia and insomnia are among the complaints which are named most frequently in medical practice. A disturbed sleep has far-reaching consequences, not only for the personal motivation, but in the case of chronification, even for the state of health of a person. The diagnosis "depression" is also made more often. Accordingly, the consumption of hypnotics and antidepressants is very high. These drugs have, when they are taken for a long time, not only sideeffects but they might even show a high potential for addiction. The essential amino acid L-Tryptophan has proven its worth in the treatment of sleep disturbances (and depressions), because a causal therapy is possible with this endogenous agent, which meets all pharmacokinetic demands on an ideal hypnagogue.

Keyword(s): Schlafstörungen

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