Why Is Most Flu Medicine Make You Sleepy?
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
Indonesia
October 23, 2009 9:44pm CST
Well, i am now have a flu again, like i always did in rainy season. The trick is, every time i go to a doctor, or just by generic medicine. The medicine always seem to make me sleepy every time i eat / drink them. Why is that? Did the medicine actually need us to sleep so it can work, or it just some side effect and the medicine still working fine even if we not take a sleep.
Thanks
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3 responses
@koalapenguin (2707)
• Philippines
24 Oct 09
You should have posted the name of the medicine here so we could give you a thorough explanation for your condition.
As an allied health professional, i believe that your flu medicine has an ingredient that also has a side effects to contribute to your sleepiness, like for example chlorphenamine maleate. This ingredient has a sedative effect that cause you too become tired easily. That's why they put there some patient's information inside every medication for us to follow *it's the small folded paper inside every box. Hope this one helped you even a bit. 
@koalapenguin (2707)
• Philippines
24 Oct 09
Your welcome! I am always glad to be of help to mylot members.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
25 Oct 09
And i always ready to be helped by good people like you. This is actually what i really like from mylot. There are tons of people here, who are willingly to answer every question that we ask. Even if they don't know the detail they usually still help us with what they know.
Thanks
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 09
Well it is not one brand, but many brand, that make me sleepy after i drink the medicine. I don't if it contain chlorphenamine like you said, but since drink it make me sleepy, i think it has. Maybe i check it out later, thanks for responding to this discussion.
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@alwayzzcitra (1861)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 09
There are flu medications that won't make you sleepy. I tried that, but guess what, it didn't work for me! When catching cold or flu you need to take plenty of rest. If you don't, it'd take a longer time to heal. I'm not a doctor, but I think that's why most of flu medications will put you to sleep.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 09
O really, what the names of the medicine. I really need them because i always feel sleepy after i drink the medicine but i actually cannot sleep at the time since i have job to do. If you can inform me then it will be very helpful to me. Thanks for responding to this discussion.
@cjfoust (614)
• United States
24 Oct 09
I believe the medicine will work even if you don't fall asleep. Sleep is definately good for you when you have the flu though. They say to get plenty of rest and push the fluids. Make sure you keep yourself hydrated. I'm pretty sure making you fall asleep is just a side effect, but believe it or not, it is a helpful one.
@lordcaocao2025 (4098)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 09
Yes, hearing you now i am sure that sleep is only a side effect. Although sleep can help the healing process, still i can not sleep after i drink the medicine because i have job and i don't want my job yelling at me if i sleep at office hour. Anyway, thanks for your respond.
