rowan77 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) Anybody been on this medication for sleep and/or sedation. Up until today I have I had never even heard of it Pdoc thinks I am not responding to benzodiazepines for sleep and has put me on 50 mg of it and he will see me tomorrow. Just wondering about people's experiences with it? Edited November 1, 2016 by rowan77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 I took it last night. It was totally crap and I didn't sleep a wink all night so am not taking it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderful.Cheese Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 I've never heard of it. I'm sorry it didn't work out. I hope you get some good sleep soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtac Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Promethazine is typically used as an anti-emetic. It has some sedative properties. It's one of the few non-hypnotic drugs I've taken that does knock me out, and I have pretty bad insomnia some nights. I don't find it as effective as sedative-hypnotics, because I wake up after 4-6h from taking promethazine. I've never heard of it being used for sleep, usually just for nausea with the sleep as a bonus side-effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 I've only heard of it being used for allergies. Didn't help at all. Up all night. Saw pdoc today and he put me on Dalmane (flurazepam) as It worked well for me before so im hoping for a good sleep tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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