Ambien - or what?
Jan 12, 2021, 10:32 am
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Benadryl works but I also have the groggy effect for 24 hours. Ambien is very good and lasts about 5-6 hours for me. I am out cold with people climbing over me in the aisle seat. There is sometimes rebound affect that makes it hard to go to sleep the next day so be forewarned. I would try it at home first
Ambien is via a doctor, who are generally stingy these days with these kind of meds YMMV.
Ambien is via a doctor, who are generally stingy these days with these kind of meds YMMV.
Jan 13, 2021, 1:08 pm
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Ok, so my version of OTC Ambien for now will be a product called "Sleep-eze". I have a 20 tablet box of 25 mg regular strength C17H21NO tablets.
Jan 14, 2021, 11:46 am
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Jan 15, 2021, 3:47 pm
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OK... the finest light to heavy, depending on dose, sleep aid, especially for long haul flights... is obtaining, legally, through your Doc... Diazapam, otherwise known as Valium. My Doc has known me for years, I'm not a pharma abuser at all, or any kind of abuser! I have usually gotten a script for 10mg Valium and to take the edge off and relax, get a little drowsy to close my eyes... 2.5mg, one quarter of the tablet, and twenty to thirty minutes later, my eyes close and I'm lightly dozing off. For deeper sleeps, 5mg does wonders. I'm healthy, a life long athlete, resting heart rate 51. I drink water to hydrate and know the pharma well, only take once or twice a month. That's it. YMMV. This is just a suggestion... I've never had any issues, problems, side effects. Do not mix with alcohol or drive! Consult YOUR personal Doc. One caveat... Docs and the medical establishment are down on benzodiazapines. Might be difficult to get. Talk to your Doc and let us know. As far as I'm concerned, Valium is an excellent pharma when used properly. Good luck!
Jan 15, 2021, 3:53 pm
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OK... the finest light to heavy, depending on dose, sleep aid, especially for long haul flights... is obtaining, legally, through your Doc... Diazapam, otherwise known as Valium. My Doc has known me for years, I'm not a pharma abuser at all, or any kind of abuser! I have usually gotten a script for 10mg Valium and to take the edge off and relax, get a little drowsy to close my eyes... 2.5mg, one quarter of the tablet, and twenty to thirty minutes later, my eyes close and I'm lightly dozing off. For deeper sleeps, 5mg does wonders. I'm healthy, a life long athlete, resting heart rate 51. I drink water to hydrate and know the pharma well, only take once or twice a month. That's it. YMMV. This is just a suggestion... I've never had any issues, problems, side effects. Do not mix with alcohol or drive! Consult YOUR personal Doc. One caveat... Docs and the medical establishment are down on benzodiazapines. Might be difficult to get. Talk to your Doc and let us know. As far as I'm concerned, Valium is an excellent pharma when used properly. Good luck!
Jan 19, 2021, 10:13 am
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Jan 27, 2021, 8:18 am
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For example, just quickly looking at the app for my pharmacy:
Unisom (common sleep aid) using 50mg diphenhydramine: $15.49 for 60 softgels or $0.26 per softgel.
The store brand equivalent: $12.49 for 60 softgels, or $0.21 per softgel.
Generic diphenhydramine from the allergy aisle: I found one bottle that is $19.99 for 365 capsules of 25mg diphenhydramine (so you'd need 2 for hte equiavalent 50mg dose of my other examples), whcih works out to $0.05 per capsule, or $0.10 for the 50mg dose used above.
So I'd suggest going to the pharmacy, looking at the sleep aids you are interested in, and if the active ingredient is diphenhydramine, go to the allergy aisle and look at the pricing for the generic or store brand diphenhydramine in the same dosage and compare the prices. The active ingredient is what you're interested in, that's what makes you sleepy. The rest is filler, buffer, and so forth and not really necessary. Often, slapping "Sleep Aid" on the box lets them jack the price up 2-3x the cost of the allergy version, just because people will assume there's some magical difference between the two. There is not, it's all the same chemistry. (note, that may not apply to combination things like ones with diphenhydramine and melatonin
Also, yes, I realize that the prices for all of these are relatively the same, I just personally have a hard time paying a premium simply because someone used a different box, or wrote "Sleep Aid" instead of "Generic Allergy Pill" on it.
