What medications are used to treat insomnia?

Answer 1

Treatment for a sleep disorder depends on what is causing the disorder. Medications. Psychotherapy. "Sleep hygiene" or sleep education. Lifestyle changes. Surgery. Some alternative approaches may be effective.

Answer 2

Treatments that you could take to sooth your sleeping disorder would me medications, or you could go to the doctors and have a sleep test done. I would choose the latter to avoid unwanted side effects.

Answer 3

There are many medications for the treatment of sleep disorders, including the following: Ambien, Butisol, Carbitral, Dalmane, Doral, Halcion, Lunesta, Placidyl, Prosom, Restoril, Rozerem, Seconal, and Sonata. There are side effects with all medications and you should always seek the advice of your physician before taking any type of medication. You also need to be evaluated by your physician for other possible causes of your insomnia, including sleep apnea, snoring, teeth grinding, depression, and anxiety.

Answer 4

Medications are used to treat insomniaThe main classes of medications used to treat insomnia are the sedatives and hypnotics, such as the benzodiazepines and the non-benzodiazepine sedatives.

Several medications in the benzodiazepine class have been used successfully for the treatment of insomnia, and the most common ones include:

· quazepam

· triazolam

· estazolam

· temazepam (Restoril),

· flurazepam (Dalmane), and

· lorazepam (Ativan).

Another common benzodiazepine, diazepam (Valium), is typically not used to treat insomnia due to its longer sedative effects.

Non-benzodiazepine sedatives are also used commonly for the treatment of insomnia and include most of the newer drugs. Some of the most common ones are:

· zaleplon (Sonata),

· zolpidem (Ambien or Ambien CR, Zolpimist), and

· eszopiclone (Lunesta).

Melatonin, a chemical released from the brain which induces sleep, has been tried in supplement form for treatment of insomnia as well. It has been generally ineffective in treating common types of insomnia, except in specific situations in patients with known low levels of melatonin. Melatonin may be purchased over-the-counter (without a prescription).

Ramelteon (Rozerem), which is an insomnia drug that acts by mimicking the action of melatonin, is a newer drug. It has been used effectively in certain group of patients with insomnia.

There are also other medications that are not in the sedative or hypnotic classes, which have been used in the treatment of insomnia. Sedative antihistamines, diphenhydramine (Benadryl) have been used as sleep aids because of their sedative effects; however, this is not a recommended use of these or other similar drugs due to many side effects and long-term drowsiness the following day.

Some anti-depressants [for example, trazodone (Desyrel), amitriptyline (Elavil, Endep), doxepin (Sinequan, Adapin)] can be used effectively to treat insomnia in patients who also may suffer from depression. Some anti-psychotics have been used to treat insomnia, although their routine use for this purpose is generally not recommended.

A doctor or sleep specialist is the best person to discuss these different medications, and to decide which one may be the best for each specific individual. Many of these drugs have a potential for abuse and addiction and need to be used with caution. None of these medications may be taken without the supervision of the prescribing physician.

Answer 5

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of medications currently being used by providers all around the world for insomnia. The medication used must fit the reason FOR the insomnia. For example, if one had a traumatic situation occur and they needed a short term medication to treat their inability to sleep, a doctor might prescribe a benzodiazepine such as "Ativan". If a psychiatric condition is the cause of insomnia, perhaps "Trazadone" would be utilized. It is entirely dependent on the reason (and there are millions) FOR the insomnia and a thorough exam and interview with a physician is important before using any medication, over the counter or otherwise to treat this problem.

Answer 6

For Sleep disorder, there are some medicines like Triazolam, Zaleplan, Ambien etc. These medicines requires prescription. You can purchase these kind of medicines on 3Meds which is one of the best online pharmacy providing all the essential medications at a very good price.

Answer 7

Ambien