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1. Insomnia Drug Tasimelteon Resets Sleep, Helps Jet Lag
Results of phase II and III trials of an insomnia drug pill from Vanda Pharmaceuticals suggest that the melatonin analogue tasimelteon could be a therapeutic approach to manage transient insomnia caused by jet lag and shift work.

2. New medication brings hope of jet lag cure | Eureka! Science News
A team of researchers from Monash University, The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston), Harvard Medical School and Vanda Pharmaceuticals has found a new drug with the potential to alleviate jet lag and sleep disorders caused by shift ...

3. Insomnia Drug Helps Jet-Lag, Shift-Work Troubles - World - Javno
Melatonin can fight jet lag too but over-the-counter melatonin products are not regulated, they pointed out, and have not been consistently shown to help treat jet lag and other sleep disorders. The market is potentially large. ...

4. Straightfromthedoc: Insomnia Drug Can Help Jet-Lag and Shift-Work ...
Say goodbye to melatonin because Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s insomnia drug tasimelteon (also known as VEC-162) is here to help jet-lag and circadian rhythm disorders. Phase II and III trials of the said drug as reported by the ...

5. Jet-lag drug shows promise in sleep study | National | Chron.com ...
An experimental drug that mimics the effects of the hormone melatonin can reset the body's circadian rhythms, bringing relief to jet-lagged travelers and night-shift workers, researchers reported Monday. ...

6. tasimelteon - ‘Time-bending drug’ for jet lag
A new cure for jet lag could be on the market in the next few years after trials show a pill can reset the body’s natural sleep rhythms. Tasimelteon works by shifting the natural ebb and flow of the body’s sleep hormone melatonin. ...

7. Can’t sleep, or have jet lag, a med called Tasimelteon may help ...
... it would be appropriate to have a clarifying statement that this compound is not even close to a novel drug, and perhaps that ramelteon, as well as the dietary supplement melatonin have similar caliber data for helping with jet lag. ...

8. Eyes Wide Open? A Pill To Fight Jet Lag // Pharmalot
An experimental drug that mimics the effects of the hormone melatonin can reset body rhythms, and maybe bring relief to jet-lagged travelers and night-shift workers, according to a study in The Lancet. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s ...

9. New Drug May Reduce Jet Lag
New York - The new drug, which is still in the experimental stages, tasimelteon has been shown hopeful results in the temporary treatment of jet lag or.

10. Silobreaker: Drug that can reset body's natural rhythm 'could cure ...
New drug may put jet lag to rest. Reported 2 hours ago by Los Angeles Times. NHS. An experimental drug that mimics the effects of the hormone melatonin can reset the body's circadian rhythms, bringing relief to jet-lagged travelers and ...