Tag Archive for 'sleeping_pills'
A Pill to Solve Snoring Problems
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung April 16th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleeping Pills.
One thing that most people hate the most is having to sleep beside their partner who may snore a lot. Aside from the irritating noise, snoring is a dangerous symptom of a possible health disorder mainly because if affects the respiratory system of humans and may attack whenever we find ourselves sleeping.
There are sleeping masks and sleeping pills that have been introduced to the people concerned and apparently there is a new pill known only as BGC20-0166 which target areas of the brain and control the muscles of a sleeper’s airway and airflow.
Proper breathing is equally important for people with sleep problems. Obstructive sleep apnea is no joke and snoring is sure to set off some problems if they are not treated properly along the way.
The new drug is a combination of two existing anti-snoring drugs and in limited trials has so far proved more effective than either of the two drugs used independently, or a placebo.
‘The results from this trial demonstrate the potential of this drug to decrease sleep apnoea in some patients and normalise it in others,’ Thomas Roth, an advisor to the life sciences company BTG who are researching the drug and director of the Sleep Disorders and Research Centre at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, said.
(Source) Marie Claire
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Natural Liqueur May Help Solve Insomnia
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung April 15th, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, Insomnia, SLEEP News, Snoring.
Looking for the best means to help aid us in our sleeping problems can come in various forms. Some look towards the help of sleeping pills while other use the sleep masks to help make them sleep better.
Herbal remedies are known to help our health in more ways than one and apparently this herbal supplement categorized as a tea may be the right one for you. Known as Damiana liqueur, which tastes like mouthwash but is also known to be a love potion can help you secure that much needed sleep today.
This herbal supplement is commonly found as a tea and as a liqueur. A local shop owner told me that the majority of people use it as a sleeping aid though it is often marketed as a “love potion” (sex really does sell everything). She offered us a taste of the Damiana liqueur, which sort of tasted equivalent to the mouthwash Scope. Not bad, kind of minty and oddly sweet…I bet it packs one mean hangover.
The liqueur comes in a bottle shaped like a very voluptuous woman, a rather amusing homage to its reputed “benefits”. Taking large amounts of Damiana is said to “induce a mild sense of euphoria”. Mexican legend says that the first margarita was made with Damiana not tequila.
(Source) Gadling
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Sleep? Don’t Do Drugs!
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 29th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleeping Pills.
As far as sleep is concerned, it would be best to solicit it using the natural means and avoid the sleeping drugs that we often see being endorsed. Not all people who have sleep issues have to turn to the sleeping pills offered today. You can still find the alternative means where you do not put your overall health at stake.
Drugs have side effects and can affect other areas of your body. That is a given. But for people who are desperate to resolve their sleeping crisis, drugs can help but only for a while. It will reach a point that your body will become immune and show some ill effects of fabricated means of sleep.
Most of these drugs, used over a long time, tend to lose their benefit. So although you may take more, they will have less effect. Also, once you get into the habit of taking medication to help you sleep, you may have difficulty breaking the pattern.
(Source) The Chicago Tribune
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Beware of the Sleeping Pill Stilnox
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung February 21st, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleeping Pills.
If you are into the need to use sleeping pills, be on the lookout for Stilnox which has reportedly changed labels. Also known as Zolpidem, can affect people in the form of sleep-walking and sleep-driving. Hence, the manufacturers are being ordered to provide warning labels and have been categorized as a schedule 4 prescription medicine. The main reason here was to avoid potential abuse and illegal use of the said sleeping pill.
In 2000, Stilnox became the first product containing zolpidem to be marketed in Australia. To January 4, 2008, the TGA had received 1032 reports of suspected reactions to zolpidem products, most received over the past 12 months and relating to sleep-walking, sleep-eating and sleep-driving.
The TGA will meet the National Prescribing Service to discuss additional educational materials for prescribers, emphasising the need to use sleeping medicines only where clinically indicated, and for short periods of time.
(Source) Herald Sun Australia
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Ambien Overdose Linked to Heath Ledger’s Death
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung January 29th, 2008 in SLEEP News, Sleep Issues, Sleeping Pills.
Most people want to get the most out of what they can from sleeping pills like Ambien. But while they are known to provide temporary relief as far as helping people sleep, they may not necessarily produce the much needed sleep that we all look forward to. They are remedies but while they can allow you to sleep for a while, you may very well start to become immune to them and worse, get hooked on them without getting any sleep solution in the process.
Ambien has been in the headlines since there are rumors that is had something to do with Heath Ledger’s death. But as stated, they are just rumors and nothing has been scientifically proven just yet.
Did Heath Ledger die of an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets?
Among the many pills found near the actor’s body was the drug Ambien. Last week, Hollywood star Jack Nicholson said he’d warned Ledger against the sleeping pill.
“I tell people about Ambien. Somebody said: ‘Take this, it’s mild.’ I almost drove off a cliff 50 yards from my house.”
At the moment there is no evidence that Ambien played a part in Ledger’s death. However, the drug has been linked with other bizarre and terrifying experiences.
(Source) Daily Mail
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