Do Sleep Medications Really Work? An Interview with A Doctor Who Says “No!”

Season 2 of “The Why Behind Your Z’s” will feature interviews with other experts in the field, and I thought it best to start with a medical doctor.

Dr. Arjun Iyer is an emergency medicine physician and a host on USMLE’s medical podcast, the ⁠Audio Bricks Podcast.⁠

In this episode, we do more than just talk about prescribed sleep medications and their efficacy. 

Major talking points in this episode:

• His experiences with sleep-deprived patients
• Why Cannabis and other similar properties are inconsistent with sleep support
• How he’s limited to prescribing hypnotics, even though he doesn’t believe they truly address sleep disorders
• Counter-intuitive advice we have about how to get back to sleep when you wake in the middle of the night

Here is a link to the full episode.

This podcast is partly sponsored by the Creative Copes podcast. Listen to part 1 of my guest appearance⁠ here!⁠

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