Saturday, April 28, 2007

OTC sleeping pills

When it comes to OTC pills, you're basically looking at two options: 1) antihistamines; or 2) herbal remedies. Antihistamines use either diphenhydramine hydrochloride (brands include: Sominex, Compoz, Tylenol PM, and Unisom SleepGels) or doxylamine succinate (Unisom tablets, Equate). The two ingredients are pretty interchangeable. Each inhibits the same neurotransmitter to depress your central nervous system. These antihistamines are the same stuff you might take for allergies, which is why allergy medications make you so drowsy.
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On the herbal side, there's valerian root, chamomile, passionflower, humulus lupulus, melatonin, and so on. Nobody seems to know how these work for sure. - Seth Stevenson

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