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Reviewer: Jeannie , 13-18 on Treatment for less than 1 month
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I had a very weird 'rare'(?) scary experience. For me I, rarely, have trapped air that uncomfortably burps out or goes down. However with this medication, this trapped air intensifies and is 100x more frequent, in which it occurs continuously. So frequent that my mouth started salivating so much, and I was sweating, and crying. It was so painfully uncomfortable and going on for hours, I co
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Reviewer: John, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month
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Took Unisom to help me sleep through the night. I Slept through the whole night. But boy did I pay for it the next AM. Extreme dizziness, light headed and grogginess. If I had to go to work the next day, I would not have been able to do so. Took it several months ago, had similar reaction. Will NEVER take it again. Was recommended by local pharmacy. Advil PM, works great and none of the above s
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Reviewer: Mama2, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Worked first night only. Slept 8hrs. Very groggy next day. Did not work ever again. Still tried and it gave me restless achy feet. Strange side effect. I guess it might work once a week or two. Benadryl works better.
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Reviewer: Huh?, 55-64 on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I find that I can take ½ tablet. Sometimes it helps and sometimes not but I don't want to take too much of anything. Now Unisom has capsules (same strength as the tablets) but you can't cut it in half. Walmart carries both but charges more for the tablets. Is this a sneaky way of making you use more Unisom (buy more in other words). My guess that the company that makes Unisom is
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Reviewer: 25-34 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I'm 25 and have had trouble sleeping for 5 years or so. Unisom is a good alternative to trazodone(rx) it isn't quite as strong but a very good option. I have had no bad side effects to this. I highly recommend it.
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