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From: [email protected] (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Subject: Re: Antihistamine for sleep aid
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Alice Sanders) writes:
> But after you have taken antihistamines for a few nights, doesn't it start
> to have a paradoxical effect? I used to take one every night for
> allergies and couldn't figure out why I developed bad insomnia.
Insomnia is a known, but relatively infrequent, side-effect of
diphenhydramine.
For most people, this does not occur. On the other hand, most people
can build up a tolerance to an antihistamine with extended use.
(Allergy sufferers are often switched from one antihistamine to
another to avoid this.)
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