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Best Sleeping Medication Beside Zolpidem

Posted on Fri, 19 Jun 2020

Question: best sleeping medication beside zolpidem

Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Try Mirtazapine 15mg at bedtime!

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks so much for this query.

I am so sorry to hear about your sleeping difficulties. Most of my patients reported great benefits with mirtazapine low dose. I encourage you to look into this with your doctor. It is a prescription based medication.

I hope this helps. I wish you well.
Feel free to follow up with me as you please.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Ivo Ditah (18 hours later)

will this interfere with other medication such as clonezapam?because the clonezapam is not working as intended

Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (14 hours later)

Brief Answer:
NO intercations!

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

There are no interactions with Clonazepam. However, they should not be used at the same time for insomnia as this could lead to excessive sleepiness.

I hope this helps. I wish you well. Keep me updated.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana