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Can Magnesium Be Taken For Insomnia?

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Posted on Thu, 2 Mar 2017
Question: Am interested in magnesium as a sleep aid. Already take 350 mg per day with calcium. Also take small doses of diazepam and hydrocodone and Allegra. If I were to try supplementing magnesium to help with insomnia what dose would you recommend and what time of day should i take it!
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Answered by Dr. Chintan Solanki (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
let me know dose of diazepam and hydrocodone

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thanks for writing to us.

Magnesium as a sleep aid cannot help. Diazepam and hydrocodone of can do help in sleep and diazepam is specifically used for sleep problem. Let me know dose of both you are taking currently. Apart from these I recommend following Sleep hygiene.

Try to follow some measures called 'sleep hygiene' which would help in sleep. You can find the same in below link.

sleepfoundation.org/ask-the-expert/sleep-hygiene

Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to help further.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.

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Can Magnesium Be Taken For Insomnia?

Brief Answer: let me know dose of diazepam and hydrocodone Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for writing to us. Magnesium as a sleep aid cannot help. Diazepam and hydrocodone of can do help in sleep and diazepam is specifically used for sleep problem. Let me know dose of both you are taking currently. Apart from these I recommend following Sleep hygiene. Try to follow some measures called 'sleep hygiene' which would help in sleep. You can find the same in below link. sleepfoundation.org/ask-the-expert/sleep-hygiene Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to help further. Regards, Dr.Chintan Solanki.