March 5, 2006
I think it's 7 years until a given patent on a prescription medicine (assuming there's only one) runs out.
I'd love to be able to try out Lunesta, but both its price point and its current status as a doctor-prescribed medicine only hinder me from trying it.
(And no: OTC sleep "aids" such as Sominex and Unisom, which contain diphenhydramine hydrochloride, largely don't work for me. In fact, the majority of the time they induce an infuriating restlessness marked by a stupor that only worsens my inability to sleep in the first place.)
Sigh.
