Posted by yxibow on February 14, 2007, at 17:05:01
In reply to Lunesta Ambien Sonata Rozerem for insomnia, posted by steve59 on February 13, 2007, at 20:20:46
> Has anyone noticed that the new drugs Lunesta, Ambien, Sonata, Rozerem touted
> for sleep seem to be "light weights" compared to
> Valium, Xanax, Klonopin and the AD remeron.
It depends on how used to benzodiazepines one already is, for one factor. There is cross-tolerance to pseduobenzodiazepines and benzodiazepines.
Sonata is about the lightest of lightweights, if there is a word, of the pseudobenzodiazepines.
Its roughly decreasing Ambien/AmbienCR -> Lunesta -> Sonata. Rozerem is hard to say because it is a Melatonin receptor agonist many times more powerful than OTC Melatonin.
I'm not benzodiazepine "naive" so I take Rozerem and Ambien at this point.
But there is truth in that a drug doesn't have to slam you like Dalmane (freaky) in order to produce good sleep.
Some people who have tolerance or have greater insomnia like myself may have to take 20mg of Ambien or 4+mg of Lunesta for something to be effective. I recall a trial of Sonata ages ago that didn't do much at all. But before you go trying these trials, ask your doctor. Everyone is different; I wouldn't go beyond 20mg on Ambien either, nasty stuff happens, nausea, sleepwalking, who knows (not personal experience but a rough guess, I have gotten away with 25mg once.)-- tidings
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