The sleeping aid product sold as Alteril is advertised as an all natural sleeping aid product. The advantage to selling a sleeping aid as all natural is supposed to give the impression that the product can not harm the user and does not require a doctor’s prescription to buy.
Another advantage claimed by all natural sleeping aid pills is that since they are made from herbal products that do not carry the risk of prescription sleeping aid pills like side effects and addictions. The manufacturer of Alteril is Biotab Nutraceuticals. The product label has the following ingredients listed: L-Tryptophan, Valerian Root, Melatonin, Passion Flower, Chamomile and Hops. All of these ingredients are known to possess natural calming properties. The product itself, Alteril, is sold as a dietary supplement.
The ingredients used in making Alteril have been recommended for natural supplemental treatments of nervous anxiety related disorders that can affect a person’s sleep by causing restlessness like anxiety, nervousness, stress, and fatigue. All of these mental conditions can interfere with a person’s normal sleep requirement. The ingredients in Alteriel have been proven to relieve these mental disorders. Of course, if one is suffering from these mental disorders, a health care professional should also be consulted to make a treatment plan that can aid the individual to a more restful sleep using a natural sleep aid like Alteril.
The active ingredients found in Alteril in addition to the L-Tryptophan, Valerian Root, Melatonin, Passion Flower, Chamomile and Hops are GABA, Skullcap and Glycine. While Alteril may help someone to fall asleep quickly and is non habit forming, there are possible side effects that the user should be aware like dry mouth, headaches, nausea, allergic reactions, and gastrointestinal discomforts. No one who is taking a prescription for psycho tropic medications such as Xanax, Buspar, Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft should try Alteril without telling his psychiatrist.
In other words, if you have been professionally diagnosed with depression or other mental disorder and are on medication, you should not take Alteril. Alteril is meant to be used for people who are experiencing night time symptoms that are stopping them from getting a full night’s sleep which is essential for all people. Dietary supplements are useful and are made from natural products. That does not mean that these supplements can’t react negatively when mixed with prescription drugs. No one taking prescription drugs should add a dietary supplement that advertises itself as affecting your emotional well being.