JAKARTA - When you want to travel long distances by plane, many people want to sleep during the flight so that it is fresh when you get to your destination. To sleep on the plane, it is not uncommon for someone to take sleeping pills.
However, taking sleeping pills before boarding a plane is actually not recommended. Pharmacists warn that it is one of the most dangerous things to do at a height.
People think that taking sleeping pills will make them wake up in fresh condition at their destination. However, drug-induced sleep is not a natural sleep that restores the body, "said Pharmacist Seema Khatri of Roseway Labs, quoted from the Daily Record, on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
Sleep drugs are included in the standard or more specific group called hypothetics. This drug can cause side effects such as prolonged drowsiness, dizziness, difficulty concentrating, which can get worse when consumed on the plane.
When you are in a stagnation condition, you tend to be less moved. This mobility can increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis. The airplane's cabin is already an environment that makes the body dehydrated, and Sedatofic drugs can make blood thicker. The combination of the two is not a good thing, "he explained.
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Another bad impact of sleeping pills consumed for airplane flights can exacerbate jet lags. Body biological clocks will be even more chaotic and fatigue in the long term.
On the plane, this (sleeping medicine) can actually make you tireder and worsen the jet lag. If you eat it at the wrong time, the body's biological clock will be even more chaotic. Instead of adapting to a new time zone, you actually land in a confused and tired condition," he added.
Therefore, it is recommended to just use a natural method to sleep on the plane. The trick starts from wearing comfortable and loose clothes, using neck pillows and blankets, and bringing eye coverings and earblogging to reduce light and sound to make your sleep soundier.
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