Editing Nightmare (section)

===Medication===
* [[Prazosin]] ([[alpha-1 blocker]]) appears useful in decreasing the number of nightmares and the distress caused by them in people with PTSD.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=El-Solh |first1=AA |title=Management of nightmares in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: current perspectives. |journal=Nature and Science of Sleep |date=2018 |volume=10 |pages=409–420 |doi=10.2147/NSS.S166089 |pmid=30538593|pmc=6263296 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Waltman Shearer Moore p. ">{{cite journal | last1=Waltman | first1=Scott H. | last2=Shearer | first2=David | last3=Moore | first3=Bret A. | title=Management of Post-Traumatic Nightmares: a Review of Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments Since 2013 | journal=Current Psychiatry Reports | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=20 | issue=12 | date=2018-10-11 | issn=1523-3812 | pmid=30306339 | doi=10.1007/s11920-018-0971-2 | page=108| s2cid=52958432 }}</ref>
* [[Risperidone]] (atypical antipsychotic) at a dosage of 2&nbsp;mg per day, has been shown in a case report to lead to the remission of nightmares on the first night.<ref name="Waltman Shearer Moore p. "/>
* [[Trazodone]] (antidepressant) has been shown in a case report to treat nightmares associated with depressed patients.<ref name="Waltman Shearer Moore p. "/>

Trials have included [[hydrocortisone]], [[gabapentin]], [[paroxetine]], [[tetrahydrocannabinol]], [[eszopiclone]], [[Sodium oxybate]], and [[carvedilol]].<ref name="Waltman Shearer Moore p. "/>