Trending: trazodone for insomnia. Is that OK? Are women more at risk for side effects?

Get into happy hour conversations in a 55+ community (Gen X, Boomer, and Builder generations) and you’re likely to find there’s more trazodone in the bathroom than white sugar in the kitchen.

[A longer piece, but important not only if you’re taking trazodone, but for women to understand why we know so little about women’s medication reactions and health in general.]

Trazodone prescriptions for insomnia are increasing, as a systematic review¹ noted even back in 2017: “While trazodone is approved for the treatment of depression, the off-label us…