Dora drugs, which promote sleep by suppressing wakefulness mechanisms, cost over $300 per month in the US.

“There's a class of drugs that was released last year or about last year called the Doras. These are um drugs that encourage sleep uh by suppressing the wakefulness mechanism as opposed to promoting the sleepiness mechanism in loose terms. Um, they have much lower abuse potential than a lot of other sleep medications. And given the essential role of sleep in mental and physical health for you know and and I'm a strong believer that behavioral tools, sunlight, etc. are critical, but some people truly struggle with, you know, clinical grade insomnia and it's extremely detrimental. It's widespread. These drugs are very expensive, $300 a month or more in the United States.”