Insomnia, anxiety ... What alternatives to tranquilizers?
More than 3.5 million consumers of tranquilizers
Some 3.5 million people over age 65 regularly take tranquilizers to overcome their insomnia or anxiety. Many of them take the long term and end up having trouble stopping these drugs, a dependency is installed. Not to mention the possible side effects of tranquilizers. Admittedly, this is not true for everyone and some people do quite well by consuming tranquilizers occasionally over a short period.
But to take no risk, know that there are alternatives to tranquilizers in case of insomnia or anxiety. What are they?
Preamble: Before treatment, seek the cause of anxiety or insomnia
Before following any treatment, medicated or not medicated must explore the causes of anxiety or insomnia. It is a matter of common sense: find a cause that can be eliminated solves the problem. Many such drugs can cause anxiety or insomnia (anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids, antidepressants, Champix, ulcer, antiparkinsonian ...), but caffeine, alcohol, cannabis or certain diseases (hyperthyroidism , hypoglycemia, cardiac, respiratory, cerebral disease ...).
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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