Thursday, March 8, 2018

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Medicine Side Effects 

Relying on medicines is nothing other than battling daytime drowsiness and becoming sleep deprived. A number of common medications can prevent from falling asleep. Since chemicals working varies for everyone causing sleep problems in many cases.
Antidepressants can cause insomnia. There are few common features of insomnia like not feeling refreshed, unable to sleep despite being tired, difficulty in concentration, body ache and heaviness of body. Anyone can try to check themselves whether they are sleep deprived person or not by checking how long does it take to fall asleep in night? How often do you wake up in between? Which all medicines do u intake and their quantity and side effects? Are there any signs of daytime fatigue?
We all must know about medicine details and their side effects in order to avoid insomnia. A particular dose of everything is good but if done over can cause problems, you should always take right amount according to prescriptions and not try to become doctor on your own and intake random medicines.
A 52 year old lady was suffering from sleeplessness since last 4 years. She was barely able to sleep for ½ or 1 hour at a stretch. She was having Hypertension since 4 years and also had Hypothyroidism since 2 years, due to which she took many medicines and painkillers. Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure in which there are medicines like Anti-arrhythmic drug and beta blockers which cause insomnia. Beta blockers in India are known as ‘Atenolol’. The lady was under the consumption of this medicine which eventually lead to insomnia. Becoming a sleep deprived person she started having continuous flow of thoughts in her mind which did not allow her to sleep well also. Atenolol can cause side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions also.
There may be other alternate medications present that can treat your ailment or health condition without shaking off your sleep. Switching medications or lowering dosages with a doctor’s guidance may help ease insomnia which occurred due to medicine’s side effects. Restful sleep is essential for feeling well and recovering from the health problems, therefore don’t lose sleep over medication side effects and interrupt your healthy lifestyle. Changing your medication might be the perfect solution for good night’s sleep and a step towards setting your routine.

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