An adult human being requires about 8 hours of sleep per day to let all the body organs and systems rest, restore and regain energy. The importance of healthy sleep for maintaining general heath is impossible to overestimate – hence, any sleep disturbances, lasting more than a couple of nights, usually lead a person to his doctor for the prescription of some sleep medicines.

However, it is important to keep in mind that modern and popular prescription sleep medications may cause certain side effects, including pretty significant weight loss… Oh, a small introduction of clarity is required here - weight loss usually targets not a patient being treated with sleeping pills, but his wallet or bank account…

Indeed, paying somewhere about 150 bucks for a bottle with 30 sleeping pills may not be too friendly with the family budget, and may become a new factor contributing to insomnia. Consequently, it is natural to seek for some options to save some money without compromising the idea of regaining a healthy sleep. Happily, there are no blind-alleys without some way-outs; in case of expensive prescription medications, the generic alternatives may play a role of a ring-buoy for a patient and his budget.

Generally speaking, there are no differences between a brand-name pill and its generic alternative in terms of effectives, mode of action, usage or side effects. The only difference is the price, which is, in fact, a major one. For comparison, Sonata and Ambien, popular remedies against insomnia, cost about 130-160 U.S. dollars for 30 pills. At the same time, the generic alternatives for those medications are available for only about 12-18 bucks for the same quantity. Pretty good economy, isn’t it?

Mostly, doctors prescribing sleep medication can recommend the generic alternatives for their patients. On the other hand, knowing how to find out weather generics are available for some particular brand-name pills will not be redundant for patients themselves.

So, the best way to seek for generics is to research official web databases (please, keep in mind, that along with authorized generic medications, there are plenty of illegal generics, produced and marketed without proper quality control). So, for the residents of the USA, such web-sites as Orange Book or Drugs at FDA can be recommended as the sources of official information on the available generic equivalents of brand-name medical products. The above mentioned online databases allow one to find full information on a particular medication, including the availability of generic alternatives/therapeutic equivalents.

We have already done some research for our readers, and below is the summarized table, showing generic alternatives to popular prescription sleep medications.

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