Sleeping pills

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dhathaway57
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Sleeping pills

Post by dhathaway57 » Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:05 am

I was wondering if you’re allowed to take sleeping pills when doing the sleep study
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Re: Sleeping pills

Post by chunkyfrog » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:30 am

Ask the doctor ordering the study.
Some formulations can skew the results.

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Re: Sleeping pills

Post by ups4 » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:30 am

My wife's doctor prescribed Ambien for her sleep study, so I'm guessing it shouldn't be a problem.

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Re: Sleeping pills

Post by TheDuke » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:50 am

I have found that each doctor has his own opinions regarding sleeping pills. The sleep medicine doctor who ordered my latest test last month gave me my own option whether to take Ambien ( And I did choose to take a low dose Ambien) . And my internist (Who avoids treating apnea ) routinely writes refills for my occasional Ambien. I feel that if a patient needs a sleep aid to get asleep, it would be pointless to just toss and turn trying to sleep.

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Re: Sleeping pills

Post by Okie bipap » Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:09 pm

I took Ambien during my last two sleep tests. They were prescribed by my sleep clinic.

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Re: Sleeping pills

Post by Nevergiveup13 » Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:54 pm

During my sleep study they told me that if I needed to take it to sleep that that was OK. That they need to see me sleep at least a certain amount of time and if I didn’t sleep they wouldn’t be able to see anything.

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