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Can pain medications disrupt sleep patterns?
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Yes: Prescription pain meds can cause all sorts of side effects. Altered sleep can be one of them (they can make people feel drowsy if they take them during the day, which can disrupt their sleep at night).
Answered 10/16/2012
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