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Suggest Treatment For Difficulty In Sleeping When On Metoprolol
I take 25mg of metoprolol twice a day a beta block morning and evening. Have taken it for about a year and a half, I am now 75 years old and have started having trouble sleeping is there a sleeping aid that will not interact with the beta block negatively that I am taking.
Mon, 7 Apr 2014
Hello,
Try to shift the evening dose to afternoon and then see if the problem solves by itself.
If not, then adding 0.5mg clonazepam will help a lot. Reduce the dose to half after few days and then make it alternate day...
try to stop it after two weeks.
Hope the reply is helpful
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Psychiatry
Try to shift the evening dose to afternoon and then see if the problem solves by itself.
If not, then adding 0.5mg clonazepam will help a lot. Reduce the dose to half after few days and then make it alternate day...
try to stop it after two weeks.
Hope the reply is helpful
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Psychiatry
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