Experiences of Daridorexant (Quviviq) for insomnia and GP prescribing options

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Daridorexant (Quviviq)

Has anyone tried it?
It's very expensive, so has anyone got it from their GP?

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Anyone?

Surely someone on here has taken it.

Just been prescribed it! Hoping someone can give feedback

I'd forgotten all about this thread.
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Is this the fairly new sleeping tablet? If so, I was told I had to have sleep CBT course and if that didn't work, it could be prescribed. Did you have to do the sleep course first? Hoping it is now available without the course!

I got it 3 weeks ago from the GP. No problem getting it as it was replacing 7 years of phenergan.

Im a cbt therapist so had already done all of the recommended strategies - and the wait is too long in my area anyway.

I’m not getting as much sleep on it as I did on my sedation stack, just 6 hours. So I’m going to be adding something else in. The drug is better for you though.

This was recommended by NICE, but only for people who had tried CBT sleep courses, or for whom the courses are unsuitable. I would hope it is fairly widely available.
The reason the courses are recommended first are because they are more effective, and the benefits continue long term. Medication benefits tend to last only for as long as you are taking it.

I was prescribed it without having to do the CBT course, maybe because it’s not available on the NHS here. I’ve suffered with insomnia for over a decade but the GP would never prescribe sleeping tablets before, and even if it only works for as long as I take it, I’ll just be grateful for one full night’s sleep in ~13 years. Will start taking it on Friday night (in case it makes me groggy for the school run!) so fingers crossed :)

I spoke with a private sleep consultant to see if it could be prescribed, but wouldn't prescribe without the CBT course first. Insomnia on top of ME/CFS is deeply ingrained, not convinced CBT would work for me.

Watching with interest, I've just done sleep CBT with no improvement.

Think this would be me