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Sleep Medicine Edition | Medications for Insomnia: What Works?

Mayo Clinic Talks

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Melatonin

Melatonin does not suppress our own body's production of melatonin. Long term studies have really not shown any long term adverse effects to melatonin. Pyxylamine has a very specific use as a hypnotic, especially in pregnancy. The problem with diphenhydramine is it's long acting. So people wake up for the first two to four hours quite hungover from it.

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