• SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    You missed the point.

    This is not a medicine for insomnia and is extreme overkill for that condition.

    Especially given all the sedative hypnotics available that are for insomnia instead of using

    a very strong tranquilizer not meant for sleep disorders.

    I hope that clears things up.

    I never said the medicine was bad for the right intent and don’t know how that was implied to you.

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      14 hours ago

      What made me think that is the exclamation mark at the end of your sentence. “Hey, this is important, oh no, watch out!”

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      14 hours ago

      You got a study or credentials to go with your advice or are you just spouting uninformed bullshit on the internet?

      Since I beat you to it, it is uninformed bullshit. Trazadone is an antidepressant, not a tranquilizer. It’s being studied to maybe be used with other medications as a mild treatment for schizophrenia, priapism is a rare side effect, and it has long been used for mild insomnia.

      It’s not “extreme overkill” or some sort of emergency-room chemical straightjacket.

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        13 hours ago

        Trazadone is an antidepressant, not a tranquilizer. Trazodone has been around as an antidepressant for over 60 years, but it became popular more recently as a sleeping pill. Trazodone can have a sedative effect, which is why it’s used to help people sleep. Taking trazodone won’t fix a sleep problem. Trazodone does have some serious side effects.

        I have taken it, have you?

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          13 hours ago

          “I took it once so now I’m the FDA”. Personal experience is valid—for you. It doesn’t rewrite pharmacology