Medicine:Chronotherapy (treatment scheduling)

From HandWiki
Short description: Use of circadian or other rhythmic cycles of a condition's symptoms in applying therapy


Chronotherapy (treatment scheduling)
MeSHD019454

Chronotherapy, also called chronotherapeutics[1] or chronotherapeutic drug delivery,[2] refers to the coordination of therapeutic treatments with an individual's circadian or other rhythmic cycles. This may be done to maximize effectiveness of a specific treatment, minimize possible side effects, or both.[3][4]

In the treatment of psychiatric conditions including bipolar depression,[5][6] a form of chronotherapy combining intermittent sleep deprivation and morning bright light has shown efficacy and relative tolerability in a number of controlled studies.[7][8][9]

See also

References

  1. "Medical dictionary". https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chronotherapy. 
  2. "Chronotherapeutics and Chronotherapeutic Drug Delivery Systems". Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 8 (5): 467–475. October 2009. doi:10.4314/tjpr.v8i5.48091. ISSN 1596-5996. http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?pr09060. Retrieved 6 January 2017. "...drug availability is timed to match rhythms of disease in order to optimize therapeutic outcomes and minimize side effects.". 
  3. Dolgin, Elie (1 May 2018). "How to ruin cancer's day". Knowable Magazine. doi:10.1146/knowable-050118-014201. https://knowablemagazine.org/article/health-disease/2018/how-ruin-cancers-day. Retrieved 8 August 2022. 
  4. Walton, Zandra E.; Altman, Brian J.; Brooks, Rebekah C.; Dang, Chi V. (4 March 2018). "Circadian Clock's Cancer Connections" (in en). Annual Review of Cancer Biology 2 (1): 133–153. doi:10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-030617-050216. ISSN 2472-3428. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-030617-050216. Retrieved 9 August 2022. 
  5. "Combined total sleep deprivation and light therapy in the treatment of drug-resistant bipolar depression: acute response and long-term remission rates". The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 66 (12): 1535–40. December 2005. doi:10.4088/jcp.v66n1207. PMID 16401154. 
  6. "Rapid treatment response of suicidal symptoms to lithium, sleep deprivation, and light therapy (chronotherapeutics) in drug-resistant bipolar depression". The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 75 (2): 133–40. February 2014. doi:10.4088/JCP.13m08455. PMID 24345382. 
  7. "Chronotherapeutics in a psychiatric ward". Sleep Medicine Reviews 11 (6): 509–22. December 2007. doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2007.06.004. PMID 17689120. 
  8. "Antidepressant chronotherapeutics for bipolar depression". Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 14 (4): 401–11. December 2012. doi:10.31887/DCNS.2012.14.4/fbenedetti. PMID 23393416. 
  9. "Chronobiological Therapy for Mood Disorders". Current Psychiatry Reports 17 (12): 95. December 2015. doi:10.1007/s11920-015-0633-6. PMID 26478195.