| Common medications that have sedating side effects | Common medications that have alerting side effects and can disrupt sleep |
- First-generation antihistamines (eg, diphenhydramine)
| - Alerting antidepressants (eg, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
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- Sedating antidepressants (eg, amitriptyline, mirtazapine, trazodone)
| - Glucocorticoids (eg, methylprednisolone, prednisone)
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- Anxiolytics (eg, diazepam, lorazepam)
| - Smoking cessation medications (eg, nicotine patch)
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- Pain medications (eg, opioids)
| - Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
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- Sedating antiseizure medications (eg, carbamazepine, gabapentin)
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- Antipsychotics (eg, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone)
| - Nasal decongestants (eg, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine)
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- Hypnotics (eg, benzodiazepines, melatonin agonists, nonbenzodiazepine benzodiazepine receptor agonists)
| - Some immunosuppressants (eg, cyclosporine, tacrolimus)
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- Dopamine agonists (eg, pramipexole, ropinirole)
| - Stimulants (eg, amphetamine, methylphenidate)
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- Some muscle relaxants (eg, cyclobenzaprine)
| - Bronchodilators (eg, aminophylline)
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