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Article: POTPOURRI; Insomnia third most common medical ailment
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- Filipino Reporter
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- September 15, 2005
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Sibal, Meg
Filipino Reporter
09-15-2005
MY husband suffers from chronic insomnia, joining more than 50 million
Americans who occasionally take some form of sleep aid medication.
This sleep disturbance is the third most common medical complaint in the
United States. Various drugs have been tried for the relief of insomnia.
In the past, benzodiazepines such as valium were popular sleep medications.
However, they are known to cause confusion, agitation and, in some cases,
hallucinations.
Then, most individuals took drugs (hypnotics) classified as short-acting
non-benzodiazepines, including temazepam (Restoril) and diphenhydramine
(Benadryl).
The most popular prescription sleep aids or hypnotics are ...
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