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Which medication is more effective in treating insomnia,promethazine or diphenhydramine ? which one causes more sedative effect ?

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It depends: The best way to treat insomnia most of the time is with improved sleep hygiene - avoid late day naps or caffeine, only use your bed for sleeping, and ensure you have a proper diet and exercise. Sedation is a side effect of the medicines you mentioned, patients may feel more sedate from either one depending on many things.

Answered 12/4/2014

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