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November 25, 2009
Know about the Sleep Disorder Medicine
Filed Under (Mental Health) by jeandit

You want to get rid of Sleep disorder and want a medicine of help you manage your Sleep Apnea or say snoring. You can do it by taking a healthy diet with a healthy exercise plan, if situation is minor. “Continuous positive airway pressure†CPAP may help you breathe nicely when you sleep with it. However surgery has to be sought in situations when your upper airway is hindered by inflated tonsils, or your nasal has distorted septum. Surgery is considered last option sleep disorder.
 
A person can use a natural medicine or herbal medicine as a sleep disorder medicine. A prescription from a sleep disorder doctor can only prescribe the sleep disorder medicine, available even as ‘over the counter medicine’ can be purchased only with a prescription.

Things to consider:

Before taking any kind of sleep medicine prescribed by sleep disorder doctor, you should find out reason of your not sleeping well. It could be discomfort from a chronic pain then ordinary pain relievers such as Anancin, Excedrin and Tylenol can help. They do have constituents that cause sleepiness. Let them be your initial sleep disorder medicine, before you visit a qualified sleep disorder doctor for treatment.

The sleep disorders (1) apnoea, (2) narcolepsy, (3) restless legs syndrome, you require help from a sleep disorder doctor. There are many ways to manage these specific sleep disorders other than taking sleep disorder medicine.

Generally women passing in menopause suffer with sleeplessness. They should deal with menopause primarily. HRT, natural, herbal preparations may help during such situations, consult a doctor and find your sleep disorder medicine from nature.

We all know that stress is common actor to create insomnia, which can be treated by relaxation techniques such as Yogic exercises, meditation, and qigong all are good at managing your stress. Although an anti-anxiety drug manages sleep disorder but one should not use sleep and anti-anxiety drugs together.

Over The Counter Sleep Disorder Medicines

Nytol and Sominex are two OTC sleep medicines they have antihistamine that causes sleepiness. Neither of them is habit forming, antihistamines may cause drowsiness, some time dizziness, very dry mouth and occasionally breathing complications. One should avoid both if diagnosed with heart or lung ailments.

Sleep Disorder Medicines Sold on Prescription

Lunesta (Eszopiclone) from Sepracor is very good sleep medicine so far. Lunesta helps in having problems in falling asleep that is those having ‘sleep onset insomnia’ and also those having problem in staying asleep that is suffering from ‘sleep maintenance insomnia’. Lunesta is taken before going to sleep it acts fast, and it will give you 8 hours sleep so plan for a sleep of 8 hours when taking Lunesta. However pregnant females and breast feeding mothers must have take Lunesta with medical advice only. Lunesta is not sold in all countries so far.

Other Sleep Disorder Medicines in Market

These are frequently ‘Benzodiazepines’ believed to be “safest” sleep medicine though there are side effects. You should be miles away from alcohol when on benzodiazepines. A person should avoid driving or machinery operations when prevailing hypnotic effect of medicine. The sleep disorder medicines are (1) Ativan, (2) Halcion, (3) Restoril and (4) Xanax.

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