[A trial of the pharmacological correction of sleep disorders in sailors during a cruise].

The article makes a comparative estimation of the efficiency between the benzodiazepine pharmacological group (selenium, diazepam) and adaptogens of the plant origin (Extractum Leuzeae carthamoidis fluidum) for correction of sleeping disorders in seamen during cruise. The application of elenium and diazepam have caused the unpleasant subjective sensations, such as psychoemotional retardation, sluggishness, apathism and headaches. After application of Extractum Leuzeae there were no side effects like a drug hang-over; the health status, functional state and job performance of seamen were improved. Having taken Extractum Leuzeae the seamen had the normalization of sleeping in 5-7 days.