Non prescription sleep aidsare becoming ever popular throughout America. There are some serious side effects that occur quite often when using a prescription sleep aid that can be avoided by using a non prescription sleep aid.

Nearly 99% of all non prescription sleep aids are either one of two things: doxylamine (dox il' a meen) or diphenhydramine (dye fen hye' dra meen).

Doxylamine is an antihistamine that helps people fall asleep by slowing down their central nervous system. It sounds kind of scary, but doxylamine is relatively safe, and is one of the main ingredients in the NyQuil line of products. Doxylamine is mostly used for allergies but also makes you drowsy which is why it's in most non prescription sleep aids. However, it does have a few side effects that one should be aware of. They include, dry mouth, nose, and throat, nausea, headache, and nervousness.

The other major ingredient in non prescription sleep aids is diphenhydramine. Diphenhydramine is also an anti-histamine which works by blocking histamine effects at H1 receptor sites. In plain English, diphenhydramine helps relax your smooth muscles and makes you feel less itchy. This is why it's a popular ingredient in non prescription sleep aids. It's mostly sold under the brand name Benadryl, but is found in most other sleep aids and allergy medicines. Now you know why they tell you not to operate heavy machinery when taking Benadryl on the side of the box. However, like doxylamine, diphenhydramine also comes with a lot of side effects. Most of them are about the same and include dry mouth, nose, and throat, and headaches.

If taking doxylamine and diphenhydramine for your sleep troubles doesn't seem to be up your alley, there is another non prescription sleep aid that doesn't include doxylamine and diphenhydramine. It's called Sleep Once Again and uses 100% all natural ingredients that can be found in nature. Because of this, almost all of those ugly side effects that are found in other non prescription sleep aids can be avoided, and you can be left to a calm, natural sleep.

Best of all, it comes in a dissolvable sublingual strip that releases the active ingredients into your mouth and directly to bloodstream almost instantly. Because of its fast-acting technology, it’s considered to be the best sleep aid product on the market.