Clinical Pharmacology in Sleep Medicine

Table 3

Miscellaneous sleep medication characteristics.

Generic	Half life	Excretion	Pregnancy and lactation	Interactions with food, herbs, smoking
Gabapentin	5–7 h	Renal	Pregnancy class C; Enters breast milk
GHB	30–60 min	n/a	Pregnancy class B; breast milk: unknown	High-fat meals decrease peak serum level
Pramipexole	8.5 h	Renal	Pregnancy class C; breast milk: unknown
Ropinirole	6 h	Hepatic	Pregnancy class C; breast milk: unknown