My doctor gave me some sleeping medication and some anxiety medication, but I have to take them 8 hours apart?
| Posted in anxiety attacks | Posted on 09-03-2010
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I can’t take them at the same time, because they "go in the same path." So if I have to take the anxiety medication at 4pm, I have to wait until midnight to take the sleeping medication? I’m only taking the sleeping medication for a week to get on track, so I won’t have to worry about this after this week is over.
You were prescribed the anxiolytic ( possibly Xanax?) for daytime use. It also has the side effect of causing drowsiness.You were prescribed a hypnotic med for sleeping. If you take them too closely together it could cause you to become too sleepy and might even interfere with your respiratory reflex. These two drugs would have a synergistic effect when combined, making them more potent than they would normally be.
Most anxyolytic drugs are also sedatives. It is not clear how your doctor prescribed sedative and and anxyiolytic separately. .Less sedating drug is taken during day time and more sedating drug at night.
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You were prescribed the anxiolytic ( possibly Xanax?) for daytime use. It also has the side effect of causing drowsiness.You were prescribed a hypnotic med for sleeping. If you take them too closely together it could cause you to become too sleepy and might even interfere with your respiratory reflex. These two drugs would have a synergistic effect when combined, making them more potent than they would normally be.
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Go to your doctor for a review because it seems both drugs are dedatives
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