The Latest Sleep Medications
Insomnia has been around as long as sleep has. Some even believe that William Shakespeare was an insomniac, writing as vividly as he did about sleeplessness, tossing cheap jordans shoes and turning, and sleepwalking in plays like Hamlet and Macbeth. Today, old Will has millions of fellow sufferers.
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One option today’s insomniacs have that Shakespeare didn’t, of course, is the sleeping pill. Over the last 10 cheap jordans in china to 15 years, the market has been inundated with new and improved sleep medications ones that don’t come with the same degree of hangovers, side effects, and risk of dependency that previous sleep drugs did.
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The older classes of sleep medications, particularly the benzodiazepines think Valium and Xanax do more than just help you sleep. They affect how you sleep, altering your actual „sleep architecture,“ says Donna Arand, PhD, clinical director of the Kettering Sleep Disorders Center in Kettering, Ohio.
„They tend to decrease the amount of time spent in certain stages of sleep, particularly stages three and four (the deepest, most restful stages of sleep),“ says Arand, who serves on the boards of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American Insomnia Association. „People also complained of hangover effects from these medications.“ That’s because they tend to have a longer „half life,“ which is the length of time the drug stays in your body.
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cheap jordans sale They have a relatively short half life, so you won’t wake up groggy the next day. „There are minimal reports of ‚hangover‘ effects with these new drugs,“ says Arand. cheap jordans sale
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Why? The newer medications act only on specific cheap nike shoes receptors in your brain that are focused on sleep, while older groups of drugs have cheap yeezys a more generalized effect on multiple brain receptors. „These new drugs are among the safest medications in medicine,“ says Thomas Roth, MD, Director of the Sleep Disorders and Research Center at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
New Sleeping Pills Aren’t Right for Everyone
cheap Air max shoes „If you have insomnia due to sleep related breathing disorders [sleep apnea] or restless legs syndrome, for example, these drugs won’t address your underlying problem,“ says Roth. Pregnant women, of course, shouldn’t take these medications. And if you’re „on call,“ frequently getting up in the middle of the night for work or for a child, they might not work for you. cheap Air max shoes
They’ve also recently been linked to some unusual side effects. In March 2007, the FDA issued a warning that prescription sleep medications like Ambien and Lunesta can cause bizarre behaviors during sleep. Some people have reported cheap jordans china that they drove cars and went on eating binges literally cleaning out the refrigerator with no awareness of taking a bite. The FDA has asked drugmakers to strengthen their product labels with warnings about these side effects. The FDA notes that severe allergic reactions and facial swelling have also been linked to these medications.
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The array of prescription sleep medications available to today’s groggy insomniac can be truly bewildering. Which one might be right for you? The best person to answer that is your doctor, or a specialized sleep center if your struggles have left your doctor baffled. But to give you an idea of some questions to ask, here is a quick introduction to the medications now cheap air jordan on the market:
cheap jordans free shipping Rozerem: If you’ve seen the „your dreams miss you“ ads featuring a bedraggled insomniac talking to Abraham Lincoln and a chess playing beaver, you’ve heard about Rozerem. Rozerem is the first in a new class of drugs designed to act on the body’s melatonin receptors. (Melatonin is a hormone that affects sleep by helping to regulate the body’s circadian rhythms.) cheap jordans free shipping
cheap jordans shoes Rozerem is more specifically targeted than regular melatonin supplements, specifically affecting the sleep center of your brain. Its biggest plus: safety. Resesarch shows Rozerem has no side effects or withdrawal effects. „It’s a very safe drug to use, so particularly for people who are on other medications or who may have a concern about substance abuse, it’s a great drug,“ says Arand. (But Rozerem is also included in the FDA’s list of drugs that should include a warning about unusual sleep behaviors.) cheap jordans shoes
Sonata: Of all the new sleeping pills, Sonata has shortest half life, which is the amount of time it takes for half of the drug to be eliminated from your body. Its half life ranges between 30 and 60 minutes. That means you can try to fall asleep on your own.
cheap jordans from china Ambien: The most commonly prescribed sleeping pill, Ambien has a moderate half life of less than two and a half hours. This means that Ambien is great for helping you get to sleep but, like Sonata, could be less helpful if your problem is waking up wide eyed in the wee hours. Clinical trials showed that Ambien CR decreased cheap jordans on sale wake time www.topjordanscity.com after sleep onset for the first seven hours during the first two nights it was taken, and for the first five hours after two weeks of treatment. cheap jordans from china
cheap jordans china Lunesta: Of all the newer sleeping pills approved so far, Lunesta has the longest cheap jordans online half life about six hours. This means you may feel groggy in the morning if you take it in the middle of the night, or at a time when you can’t get a full night’s sleep. On the other hand, this pill could help you if you tend to wake up in the middle of the night a lot. Lunesta is approved by the FDA for long term use and has been found to help menopausal women sleep through the night. cheap jordans china
cheap jordans in china Benzodiazepines: These older sleeping pills, which include drugs like Valium and Halcion, are useful when you want a drug that stays in your system longer. For instance, they have been effectively used to treat sleep problems such as sleepwalking and night terrors, says Arand. „The biggest problem with these is daytime sleepiness, although you also have to monitor them more closely for dependence as well,“ she says. (Dependence means that you always need the drug to go to sleep.) cheap jordans in china
cheap jordan sneakers These drugs aren’t all created equal: Valium, for example, has a much longer half life (about 6 8 hours) and therefore stays in your system a lot longer than Halcion, which has cheap adidas a 3 4 hour half life. cheap jordan sneakers
Antidepressants: Insomnia is a common symptom of depression. Thus, some antidepressant drugs, such as Trazodone, are particularly effective in treating sleeplessness and anxiety that’s caused by depression, even though they are not specifically approved by the FDA for the treatment of insomnia.
cheap nike shoes „In those cases, the antidepressant helps treat the sleep problem, but is really treating the underlying cause,“ says Arand. Could your insomnia be linked to depression? If you think you have Cheap jordans other symptoms, talk to your doctor about this possibility. cheap nike shoes
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