OT: Lunesta
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Does anyone know if Lunesta is available in Canada? I can’t seem to find out, I even called my pharmacy and they don’t know. (Which I can’t figure out. Why woudn’t a pharmacy know?) Dana
Maybe they didn’t want to take the time to check it out for you and yet wanted to give you an honest answer,,,,,, just a thought, Bear
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Does anyone know if Lunesta is available in Canada? I can’t seem to find out, I even called my pharmacy and they don’t know. (Which I can’t figure out. Why woudn’t a pharmacy know?) Dana
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Zomby, I’m with you. I’ve been taking Sonota for years and am back with it. I keep trying to take the Lunesta, but the taste wakes me up all night. It’s so nasty I cannot tolerate it. Some nights I sleep really well with it I love it, but I just can’t affort the problems with the taste waking me up…and not knowing when. Sonota sometimes isn’t strong enough with one, so I’ll take two…just depends. Overall it’s my drug of choice, but I don’t fully stay asleep. I just wish I could sleep normally sigh Michelle
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – something wonderfully witty: Does anyone know if Lunesta is available in Canada? I can’t seem to find out, I even called my pharmacy and they don’t know. (Which I can’t figure out. Why woudn’t a pharmacy know?) Dana Here is the website: http://www.lunesta.com/ I didn’t see anything about Canada but that doesn’t mean we can’t get it. Physician’s info says that they did clinical trials in Canada too. http://www.lunesta.com/PostedApprovedLabelingText.pdf Here is Canadian info: Pantheon, Inc. Mississauga, Ontario L5N 7K9 The stuff ain’t all that great. I used to get good results from Restoril until like most drugs my body adapted and over came. I am now taking Sonata, which seems to be working better then the Lunesta and doesn’t have that nasty assed after taste Lunesta has. Hypnotics (sedatives, minor tranquilizers, and anti-anxiety drugs) are the most commonly prescribed medications for insomnia. Commonly prescribed hypnotics include the following drugs: benzodiazepines (common names include: Dalmane, Klonopin, Doral, Halcion, Ativan, Xanax, Restoril, Serax, Centrax, ProSom, and Rohypnol), non-benzodiazepines (common names include: Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, and Imovane), and antidepressants (common names include: Desyrel and Trazadone). Most folks usually find the benzodiazepines the most effective, but have a problem over the long-term building up a tolerance if used daily. They then need to take higher & higher dosages and one day don’t wake-up no more. 1-888-394-7377 It is eszopiclone . It looks like it may be available in Canada under another name http://pecupdate.org/pecupdate/articles/drugs_in_the_pipeline_20006.html Eszopiclone (Estorra; Sepracor): A short-acting hypnotic for transient and chronic insomnia. This is the S-isomer of zopiclone, which is available in Canada and Europe. Its mechanism of action is similar to zaleplon (Sonata) and zolpidem (Ambien) GABA-BZ receptor agonist. * Status at FDA: Approvable since Feb 27, 2004. * Advantages: Lack of hangover effect and dependency that occurs with benzodiazepines. If approved would be the first agent labeled for chronic insomnia. * Disadvantages: Bitter taste of the tablet has been reported in clinical trials. ‘did
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Michelle, I tried the Lunesta when it first came out and it did nothing. Then I ran out of Ambien and thought I’d give the Lunesta another try. Still nothing. So the next night, I took two. Only change, I had a hypoglycemia attack at 2:30 in the morning. Very strange for the Lunesta to affect my blood sugar. Now, I have my Ambien back, but also have Restoril, Klonopin, and Zanaflex, all as needed for sleep. This week the neurologist decided to give another anti-seizure medicine a try as a preventative for migraine. It is Trileptal, a relative of Tegretol. I am supposed to take 150 mg at bedtime for a week, then titrate up to 300 mg at bedtime. My sleep disorder is supposedly what is causing my migraines, but I recently had to go back on the pill (Yasmin) because I was having hormonal migraines and two periods per month. So much for trying to reduce the number of prescription meds that I take (Sigh). Karen in San Diego – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Zomby, I’m with you. I’ve been taking Sonota for years and am back with it. I keep trying to take the Lunesta, but the taste wakes me up all night. It’s so nasty I cannot tolerate it. Some nights I sleep really well with it I love it, but I just can’t affort the problems with the taste waking me up…and not knowing when. Sonota sometimes isn’t strong enough with one, so I’ll take two…just depends. Overall it’s my drug of choice, but I don’t fully stay asleep. I just wish I could sleep normally sigh Michelle something wonderfully witty: Does anyone know if Lunesta is available in Canada? I can’t seem to find out, I even called my pharmacy and they don’t know. (Which I can’t figure out. Why woudn’t a pharmacy know?) Dana Here is the website: http://www.lunesta.com/ I didn’t see anything about Canada but that doesn’t mean we can’t get it. Physician’s info says that they did clinical trials in Canada too. http://www.lunesta.com/PostedApprovedLabelingText.pdf Here is Canadian info: Pantheon, Inc. Mississauga, Ontario L5N 7K9 The stuff ain’t all that great. I used to get good results from Restoril until like most drugs my body adapted and over came. I am now taking Sonata, which seems to be working better then the Lunesta and doesn’t have that nasty assed after taste Lunesta has. Hypnotics (sedatives, minor tranquilizers, and anti-anxiety drugs) are the most commonly prescribed medications for insomnia. Commonly prescribed hypnotics include the following drugs: benzodiazepines (common names include: Dalmane, Klonopin, Doral, Halcion, Ativan, Xanax, Restoril, Serax, Centrax, ProSom, and Rohypnol), non-benzodiazepines (common names include: Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, and Imovane), and antidepressants (common names include: Desyrel and Trazadone). Most folks usually find the benzodiazepines the most effective, but have a problem over the long-term building up a tolerance if used daily. They then need to take higher & higher dosages and one day don’t wake-up no more. 1-888-394-7377 It is eszopiclone . It looks like it may be available in Canada under another name http://pecupdate.org/pecupdate/articles/drugs_in_the_pipeline_20006.html Eszopiclone (Estorra; Sepracor): A short-acting hypnotic for transient and chronic insomnia. This is the S-isomer of zopiclone, which is available in Canada and Europe. Its mechanism of action is similar to zaleplon (Sonata) and zolpidem (Ambien) GABA-BZ receptor agonist. * Status at FDA: Approvable since Feb 27, 2004. * Advantages: Lack of hangover effect and dependency that occurs with benzodiazepines. If approved would be the first agent labeled for chronic insomnia. * Disadvantages: Bitter taste of the tablet has been reported in clinical trials. ‘did
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Here is the website: http://www.lunesta.com/
Thanks Kadee. Looks very much like what I take now, Imovane. (Zopiclone), which isn’t working well and is giving me nasty morning after headaches. But I’ll definitely read up on it since it’s not exactly the same spelling. Dana
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The stuff ain’t all that great. I used to get good results from Restoril until like most drugs my body adapted and over came. I am now taking Sonata, which seems to be working better then the Lunesta and doesn’t have that nasty assed after taste Lunesta has.
Yeah? I haven’t tried Sonata. Don’t know if I can get it here. Hypnotics (sedatives, minor tranquilizers, and anti-anxiety drugs) are the most commonly prescribed medications for insomnia. Commonly prescribed hypnotics include the following drugs: benzodiazepines (common names include: Dalmane, Klonopin, Doral, Halcion, Ativan, Xanax, Restoril, Serax, Centrax, ProSom, and Rohypnol), non-benzodiazepines (common names include: Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, and Imovane), and antidepressants (common names include: Desyrel and Trazadone).
Been there done that. I’m currently on Imovane, which I think is very much like Lunesta (Zopiclone instead of Eszopiclone) . I liked Ambien but can’t get it in Canada. And I already do the Klonopin low-dose at night thing for neck muscle relaxation, so more of that is out, even though it does work well for sleep. Dana
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Maybe they didn’t want to take the time to check it out for you and yet wanted to give you an honest answer,,,,,, just a thought,
Very true. But considering the huge amount of money I spend in there, I think they could have taken the time to look it up for me. They’ve done so before with other meds. Frova, I think. Not too long ago. It literally took seconds for them to access it on their computer. Dana
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I often wonder if it’s just that I don’t live on this life cycle. I can sleep fine if I can go to bed at 1-2:00 in the morning and sleep for 8 hours. I’ve always been a night person living in a corporate day world…just stinks. On weekends I tend to be okay, although I try to stick fairly close to my schedule regardless. I notice I get up less often on the weekends. Mondays are awful mornings. I’ve tried Tegretol and Trileptol. I currently am now on 100 mg of Zonegran, although that really does nothing for me except make me a tad drowsy. All of the antiseizure drugs have given me bad side effects, even Zonegran, but I can tolerate a small dosage of this one. I am back on two Yasmin a day…it’s what I have to take to manage my migraines…any less and I’m struggling. Michelle
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Michelle, I tried the Lunesta when it first came out and it did nothing. Then I ran out of Ambien and thought I’d give the Lunesta another try. Still nothing. So the next night, I took two. Only change, I had a hypoglycemia attack at 2:30 in the morning. Very strange for the Lunesta to affect my blood sugar. Now, I have my Ambien back, but also have Restoril, Klonopin, and Zanaflex, all as needed for sleep. This week the neurologist decided to give another anti-seizure medicine a try as a preventative for migraine. It is Trileptal, a relative of Tegretol. I am supposed to take 150 mg at bedtime for a week, then titrate up to 300 mg at bedtime. My sleep disorder is supposedly what is causing my migraines, but I recently had to go back on the pill (Yasmin) because I was having hormonal migraines and two periods per month. So much for trying to reduce the number of prescription meds that I take (Sigh). Karen in San Diego Zomby, I’m with you. I’ve been taking Sonota for years and am back with it. I keep trying to take the Lunesta, but the taste wakes me up all night. It’s so nasty I cannot tolerate it. Some nights I sleep really well with it I love it, but I just can’t affort the problems with the taste waking me up…and not knowing when. Sonota sometimes isn’t strong enough with one, so I’ll take two…just depends. Overall it’s my drug of choice, but I don’t fully stay asleep. I just wish I could sleep normally sigh Michelle something wonderfully witty: Does anyone know if Lunesta is available in Canada? I can’t seem to find out, I even called my pharmacy and they don’t know. (Which I can’t figure out. Why woudn’t a pharmacy know?) Dana Here is the website: http://www.lunesta.com/ I didn’t see anything about Canada but that doesn’t mean we can’t get it. Physician’s info says that they did clinical trials in Canada too. http://www.lunesta.com/PostedApprovedLabelingText.pdf Here is Canadian info: Pantheon, Inc. Mississauga, Ontario L5N 7K9 The stuff ain’t all that great. I used to get good results from Restoril until like most drugs my body adapted and over came. I am now taking Sonata, which seems to be working better then the Lunesta and doesn’t have that nasty assed after taste Lunesta has. Hypnotics (sedatives, minor tranquilizers, and anti-anxiety drugs) are the most commonly prescribed medications for insomnia. Commonly prescribed hypnotics include the following drugs: benzodiazepines (common names include: Dalmane, Klonopin, Doral, Halcion, Ativan, Xanax, Restoril, Serax, Centrax, ProSom, and Rohypnol), non-benzodiazepines (common names include: Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, and Imovane), and antidepressants (common names include: Desyrel and Trazadone). Most folks usually find the benzodiazepines the most effective, but have a problem over the long-term building up a tolerance if used daily. They then need to take higher & higher dosages and one day don’t wake-up no more. 1-888-394-7377 It is eszopiclone . It looks like it may be available in Canada under another name http://pecupdate.org/pecupdate/articles/drugs_in_the_pipeline_20006.html Eszopiclone (Estorra; Sepracor): A short-acting hypnotic for transient and chronic insomnia. This is the S-isomer of zopiclone, which is available in Canada and Europe. Its mechanism of action is similar to zaleplon (Sonata) and zolpidem (Ambien) GABA-BZ receptor agonist. * Status at FDA: Approvable since Feb 27, 2004. * Advantages: Lack of hangover effect and dependency that occurs with benzodiazepines. If approved would be the first agent labeled for chronic insomnia. * Disadvantages: Bitter taste of the tablet has been reported in clinical trials. ‘did
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Zomby, I’m with you. I’ve been taking Sonota for years and am back with it. I keep trying to take the Lunesta, but the taste wakes me up all night. It’s so nasty I cannot tolerate it. Some nights I sleep really well with it I love it, but I just can’t affort the problems with the taste waking me up…and not knowing when.
I’ve tried every trick in the book to get rid of that taste. Brushing my teeth after taking it and using a strong mouthwash. Performing the same procedure again upon waking, still no dice it is there all day long and it is nasty. I’m doing half-assed ok on the Sonata. The Dr said it’s half-life is only four hours so take one at bedtime and if I wake up take another. Sometimes I’ll just take one, others two. At least I get a little more sleep with it then the 3/4 hours I was getting without it. My biggest problem is my sleep cycle is just so screwed up. I’ve never worked off a 24-hour clock. Sonota sometimes isn’t strong enough with one, so I’ll take two…just depends. Overall it’s my drug of choice, but I don’t fully stay asleep. I just wish I could sleep normally sigh
Don’t we all. I used to drink myself to sleep. That is not a method I recommend. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Michelle something wonderfully witty: Does anyone know if Lunesta is available in Canada? I can’t seem to find out, I even called my pharmacy and they don’t know. (Which I can’t figure out. Why woudn’t a pharmacy know?) Dana Here is the website: http://www.lunesta.com/ I didn’t see anything about Canada but that doesn’t mean we can’t get it. Physician’s info says that they did clinical trials in Canada too. http://www.lunesta.com/PostedApprovedLabelingText.pdf Here is Canadian info: Pantheon, Inc. Mississauga, Ontario L5N 7K9 The stuff ain’t all that great. I used to get good results from Restoril until like most drugs my body adapted and over came. I am now taking Sonata, which seems to be working better then the Lunesta and doesn’t have that nasty assed after taste Lunesta has. Hypnotics (sedatives, minor tranquilizers, and anti-anxiety drugs) are the most commonly prescribed medications for insomnia. Commonly prescribed hypnotics include the following drugs: benzodiazepines (common names include: Dalmane, Klonopin, Doral, Halcion, Ativan, Xanax, Restoril, Serax, Centrax, ProSom, and Rohypnol), non-benzodiazepines (common names include: Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, and Imovane), and antidepressants (common names include: Desyrel and Trazadone). Most folks usually find the benzodiazepines the most effective, but have a problem over the long-term building up a tolerance if used daily. They then need to take higher & higher dosages and one day don’t wake-up no more. 1-888-394-7377 It is eszopiclone . It looks like it may be available in Canada under another name http://pecupdate.org/pecupdate/articles/drugs_in_the_pipeline_20006.html Eszopiclone (Estorra; Sepracor): A short-acting hypnotic for transient and chronic insomnia. This is the S-isomer of zopiclone, which is available in Canada and Europe. Its mechanism of action is similar to zaleplon (Sonata) and zolpidem (Ambien) GABA-BZ receptor agonist. * Status at FDA: Approvable since Feb 27, 2004. * Advantages: Lack of hangover effect and dependency that occurs with benzodiazepines. If approved would be the first agent labeled for chronic insomnia. * Disadvantages: Bitter taste of the tablet has been reported in clinical trials. ‘did
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Don’t we all. I used to drink myself to sleep. That is not a method I recommend.
I’ve tried that. It’s not good for migraines. Or for keeping jobs. Or for sleeping, really. Or anything. Dana
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That’s why the nyquil thing never worked for me…the alcohol only served to wake me up and I never slept well when I used it. Michelle
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Don’t we all. I used to drink myself to sleep. That is not a method I recommend. I’ve tried that. It’s not good for migraines. Or for keeping jobs. Or for sleeping, really. Or anything. Dana
