To avoid the pain when we visit our dentist for possible tooth extractions or even root canals, we would normally be given anesthesia or sedatives so we can sleep through the pain. With that in mind, would we dare use it when we cannot sleep ourselves?

Of course, there is no pain involved in this case. Perhaps the only pain we may have in mind is the after-effect to which no sleep may result in probable health risk events.

But going back, Dex (Dexmedetomidine) has been found to be a natural way of putting patients to sleep for possible dental procedures. Makes you wonder if they can do the same for normal sleeping wants.

Then again, that would need medical clearance to which doctors are sure to evaluate you if and when it can be used as a natural sleep sedative outside dental procedures.

According to the bispectral index, which measures sedative state, patients remained in a sedative state even when they appeared to be clearly conscious. Thus, discontinuing the Dex infusion approximately 15 minutes before the end of the procedure is recommended to minimize recovery time.

It should also be noted that patients in this study were relatively young and healthy; higher doses and differences in age and health may affect the performance of Dex.

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