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If you can prevent your patient from too much napping during the day plus help them get mental and physical exercise, they may have better sleep patterns. This is what we did for my 100-yr old Aunt with advanced dementia. She sat in front of the tv watching her favorite show while she used an electric foot pedaler (available on amazon.com), she folded a large basket of kitchen towels, sorted colored poker chips, read aloud to us and played card and tile games with us (loose rules). We were able to stop giving her melatonin (which I don't think helped anyway) and Tylenol PM (which is constipating and eventually it works less and less).
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My only thought is maybe Benadryl.

Or Tylenol PM
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High! Here we have OTC products called Sleep Right, Sleep Assist and Restavit, that are based on Antihystamine. It makes most people sleepy, but the effect wears off after a few days of taking it. We use it occasionally, and it is really helpful.
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