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Expert Warns: Do Not Take This Common Medicine Before a Flight

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Travelers often take sleeping pills before long flights in hopes of arriving rested.
  • Pharmacist Seema Khatri warns that medication-induced sleep is not equivalent to natural, restorative sleep and may worsen drowsiness and jet lag.

Many travelers rely on sleeping pills before long-haul flights, hoping to make the uncomfortable journey pass more quickly and arrive at their destination rested.

Medication experts warn that the strategy can backfire. Sleeping tablets taken before a flight may create serious health risks and leave travelers feeling worse rather than refreshed.

Pharmacist Seema Khatri says sleep induced by medication is not the same as natural, restorative sleep. “On a plane, this kind of sleep can make you even more drowsy and worsen the fatigue caused by changing time zones, known as jet lag,” she warns.

On a plane, this kind of sleep can make you even more drowsy and worsen the fatigue caused by changing time zones, known as jet lag.

· Seema KhatriThe pharmacist explains why sleeping tablets may leave travelers more fatigued after a flight.
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