Re: benedryl with no antihistamine?

February 19, 2004

Hi again ,

it sure makes me tired too, and what I think is the best thing, it is

a good kind of tired, if you know what I mean? If I take real sleep

meds, I sometimes feel a weird tired, which is not good at all. It

sure knocks you out, but until I go to sleep, I feel really drugged.

I don't like that. I can't believe that some people actually use

sleep meds and stay awake on them... Yuck... Also the sleep meds

often gives you a hangover in the morning, many other things which

aren't real sleep meds do that too. And it is sure tough enough to

get up in the morning, I certainly do not need to be extra tired and

feel like my brain has been stuffed with cotton wool... LOL...

I am happy that you can get it OTC in the US, because I know I get

help from it when I need it. I also think it is good in helping you

sleep when you are in a lot of pain. I guess that maybe is what I

mean about it making you " good tired " , it helps me relax too. I saw a

real example of that when I was with a friend in the hospital once.

She was in an awful amount of pain, and they had given her the pump

where she could push the button regularly when she needed to. She

really needed to sleep after a long ordeal, but she couldn't sleep at

all, she was moaning of all the pain. But she was also itching a lot

from the tremendous amounts of different narcotics they had given

her. So they administered benadryl. Finally she got some sleep. She

did wake up every now and then, regularly as the pain med subsided,

but she just hit the button and went straight back to sleep after a

few seconds. So it sure is a good help.

I have no idea why they took it off the market here in Norway. They

are really quick in doing that if they think something can be harmful

in any way. But I suspect that the reason for this med. is that they

just wanted to have less of the old fashioned antihistamines on the

market, or something like that. I have felt tempted to e-mail them

and ask about it, because I am really curious...

I actually just took a benadryl myself. I need to get to bed in a

decent time today, I am taking my little Yorkie love Peanut to the

vet tomorrow. She has been sneezing for two days. Actually she kept

me awake sneezing so bad that the bed was shaking last night. Not

that many times, but every time she did it, she sneezed so hard her

whole body jumped and she sneezed 5 times each time. Sure was enough

to wake me up. Poor thing, she was so tired, she slept half the day.

Right now she lays on my lap sleeping, but she'd rather have me put

her to bed. Only problem is that I have to go to bed with her, she

refuses to be there alone in the evening. She is a little tired one

in the morning, so she often sleeps a little while longer than I do

then, but no way she will do it in the evening. She just tortures me

by nagging me until I give in and go to bed. It is so funny how dogs

are such routine creatures, they want things to happen at the same

time and in the same way each day... Oh well, if the benadryl does

it's job, I'll be following her any minute!

Take care!

Aase Marit

>

>Maybe I misunderstood the pharmacist. I know benedryl is used for

>sleep in the hospital, as well as things like itching from meds.

>Well, any allergic reaction.

>I probably just didn't understand what he was telling me at the time.

>

>Either way, I've heard many times that benedryl is safer to take for

>sleep than the " sleep " meds.

>

>It sure does make me tired when I take it.

February 19, 2004

Hi ,

Thanks for clearing that up... So diphenhydramine HCL is the

antihistamine. It is only that it can be used for different purposes,

not only as an antihistamine/allergy medication. Also it can probably

be a bit confusing that you have so many mixed drugs containing this

substance, e.g all those cold medications and such...

Aase Marit

>Hi all Benadryl is the same drug as Diphenhydramine HCL.

> S, RN

February 19, 2004