7 Tips to Cope if Your Medication Makes You Drowsy
Learn ways to cope if a prescription medication makes you drowsy, including potential lifestyle changes.
Medications can sometimes provide life-changing relief from symptoms. Your new prescription might allow you to get back to a semi-normal life again. There’s just one problem: Your medication makes you drowsy.
Drowsiness might be better than the disease symptoms you were dealing with before, but it may hurt your focus and productivity at work or school. You might feel the need to nap during the day, even if you got plenty of sleep the night before. Drowsiness could even be dangerous if it affects your ability to stay alert while driving. Learn more here about 7 medications that may make you tired.
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