Posted by laima on December 31, 2006, at 17:37:35
In reply to Re: Why rozerem instead of melatonin? » laima, posted by yxibow on December 31, 2006, at 17:07:28
Thanks. Your information makes it seem like they might be over-marketing the rozerem then, though.
> According to my psychopharmacologist, who is usually fairly reliable on these things, it is around 17x more powerful than OTC melatonin.
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> I'm testing it at the moment with a bit of Ambien to get off Ambien because its not working as well at a higher dose, although I may return to Ambien.
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> Some people, especially who are not as insomniac as I am report fairly good results with it -- it varies. It doesn't necessarily cause daytime depression although I suppose if you're especially susceptible to melatonin depression it might not be a good choice. It's more targeted than melatonin, that's about it.
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> But if melatonin works for you and you're not quite the insomniac I am (I tried a single 5mg OTC melatonin dose and woke up 4 hours in night terrors), than you might not need it.
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> -- Jay
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