Effect of anxiolytic drug silexan on sleep - a narrative review

Seifritz, Erich; Kasper, Siegfried; Moeller, Hans-Juergen; Volz, Hans-Peter; Mueller, Walter E.; Eckert, Anne und Hatzinger, Martin (2022): Effect of anxiolytic drug silexan on sleep - a narrative review. In: World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, Bd. 23, Nr. 7: S. 493-500

Abstract

Objectives Silexan is an orally administered, proprietary essential oil from Lavandula angustifolia with significant anxiolytic and sleep improving properties. Here we present a narrative review that provides an overview of the available evidence of the effects of silexan on sleep. Methods We start with a summary of the pharmacological background and continue with presenting sleep-related results from controlled clinical trials with silexan. Then we report on a meta-analysis of item 'insomnia' from the Hamilton Anxiety Scale, which includes data from all randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trials with silexan in which the scale was administered. Finally, we summarise the results of a mediation analysis that was performed to elucidate the pathway of the effect of silexan on sleep. Results In randomised, placebo-controlled trials in patients suffering from anxiety disorders silexan had a significant anxiolytic effect and improved sleep along with recovery from anxiety. Mediation analysis demonstrates that more than 98% of the effect of silexan on sleep was mediated by its anxiolytic effect while the direct effect on sleep was marginal. Conclusions Silexan improves sleep as a result of its anxiolytic effect.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1562-2975
• Sprache: Englisch