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Winter AS, Haverkamp C, Gratzke C, Huber R, Lederer AK. Valerian and postoperative sleep: a retrospective cohort analysis of gynecological, urologic, and general surgical patients. Sleep 2022; 45:6594703. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsac122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
Abstract
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Study Objectives
Postoperative sleep disturbances appear to be a common complication after surgery being treated with sleep-promoting medication such as valerian, but robust data and evidence of medicinal approaches are lacking.
Methods
We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of all 21 168 urological, gynecological, and general surgical patients of the University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany, who underwent surgery between 2015 and 2020. Target parameters were the usage of sleep-promoting medication to estimate the occurrence of postoperative sleep disturbances as well as the kind of sleep medication with a special focus on herbal medication such as valerian.
Results
Drug-treated sleep disturbances occurred in 15% (n = 3083) of the patients. Valerian was the second most applied drug (n = 814, 26.4%) after classic benzodiazepines (n = 1 138, 36.9%). The majority of patients got valerian as monotherapy. Age, length of stay, and comorbidities were associated with demand for sleep medication in general (p < .001). Valerian monotherapy was more common in women (OR 1.53, 95% CI: 1.33–1.77, p < .001), elderly patients (OR 1.50, 95% CI: 1.29–1.75, p < .001), and patients with prolonged hospital stay (OR 2.23, 95% CI: 1.91–2.61, p < .001).
Conclusions
Valerian plays an important role in the treatment of postoperative sleep disturbances clinically, and it appears to be a promising therapeutic approach especially in women, older and sicker patients, and those with prolonged hospital stay. Further research has to clarify the efficacy of valerian postoperatively.
Clinical trial registration
DRKS00027903, https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do?navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00027903
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Affiliation(s)
- Anne-Sophie Winter
- Department of Medicine II, Center for Complementary Medicine, University Medical Center , Freiburg , Germany
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- Institute of Digitalization in Medicine, University Medical Center , Freiburg , Germany
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- Department of Urology, University Medical Center , Freiburg , Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Center for Complementary Medicine, University Medical Center , Freiburg , Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Center for Complementary Medicine, University Medical Center , Freiburg , Germany
- Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University , Mainz, Germany
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Sendker J, Lechtenberg M, Hensel A. An Unsuccessful Attempt to Confirm the Occurrence of 4'-O-β- d-Glucosyl-9-O-(6″-deoxysaccharosyl)olivil in Valerian Root. PLANTA MEDICA 2020; 86:1133-1139. [PMID: 31899925 DOI: 10.1055/a-1078-5195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The lignan 4'-O-β- d-glucosyl-9-O-(6″-deoxysaccharosyl)olivil had previously been discovered in a methanolic extract of valerian root (Valeriana officinalis agg.) and characterized as a potent partial agonist at the A1 adenosine receptors. Today, countless scientific sources, webpages, and press articles mention this compound and discuss it as an active constituent for the sedative effect of this herbal drug. As no second report confirmed the occurrence of this lignan in valerian root during the 20 years since its first description in 1998, we intended to re-prove its presence by means of LCMS using other genuine or added lignans as a quantitative benchmark. Whilst those lignans were clearly detectable in methanolic valerian extracts of all six investigated batches of valerian root, no positive proof of 4'-O-β- d-glucosyl-9-O-(6″-deoxysaccharosyl)olivil was achieved. Our result suggests that this compound does not occur regularly in valerian root in the amounts expected from the single report on the occurrence of this compound.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jandirk Sendker
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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