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I use the generic of Restoril and after the first week or so, opened the capsule and spilled a bit out before taking the pill, and slept well on the reduced dosage. I continued to open the capsule each nite and spilled out a tiny bit MORE till I was taking about 1/3 of a capsule and still getting to a decent nite's sleep. I've done this for over one year and found that I've had some memory loss - tho not particularly any more than my friends of a like age who DON'T have PD seem to be experiencing. I looked up Restoril in Worst Pills Best Pills, and that said it was the one to prolly cause the LEAST amount of damage to the patient IF ya felt you HAD to take something to get to sleep. You'll note, that's NOT the same thing as saying it's a safe or beneficial drug. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Charles T. Meyer, M.D. <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 4:54 PM Subject: Re: Question concerning sleeping pill >Terresa, > >Restoril is ok. It has an intermediate half life which means that most of the >drug will be out of the system when she awakens. I take 5-10 mg of ambien. The >prescription was given to me by a psychiatrist with special interest in sleep >disorders. I believe of the hypnotics(sleep inducing drugs) it causes the least >disruption in the sleep cycles. > >Charlie > >"Teresa V. Bohuszewicz" wrote: > >> My mother swears by Restoril. >> >> Teresa, Daughter of Mama (57/43/38) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Parkinson's Information Exchange >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Carole K. Menser >> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 3:52 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Question >> >> In case we need one, what is a good sleeping pill for PWP's? Dr. Meyer, I'm >> sure you have input here as well as others who are on meds for sleep. >> >> Carole Menser >> Ted Menser (51/45/42) > >-- >***************************************************************** ************************* > >Charles T. Meyer, M.D. >Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin >[log in to unmask] >***************************************************************** *************************