10 Causes of Insomnia
Cause #5: Medications
Some medications can disrupt sleep in some individuals. This means that if you are on such medications, you may experience disturbed sleep for the period of the prescription. Having a long-term prescription for such medications can lead to chronic insomnia. The American Association of Retired Person’s lists medications that may cause insomnia as corticosteroids, alpha blockers, beta blockers, statins, ACE inhibitors, SSRI antidepressant, glucosamine, cholinesterase inhibitors, ARBs and second generation H1 agonists.
If you are on any of these or other drugs and have insomnia, talk to your doctor. The doctor may prescribe alternative medication. You should also let your doctor know that you have insomnia any time he prescribes or changes your medication.
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