Sleep, Snoring & Restless Leg Syndrome

Pharmacists, as highly accessible health care professionals, are well placed to offer sound advice on sleep health, an issue that can affect all areas of life, according to Professor David Hillman, sleep physician and Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation.  With Sleep Awareness Week this week, 06 to 12 Jul, Hillman advised that insomnia, snoring and restless legs syndrome (RLS) are frequently the result of bad sleep habits, shift-work challenges and
other sometimes temporary life events such as bereavement or other worries, all of which can be supported with counselling.

The key questions for pharmacists to put to their customers, who may appear to be, or complain of being, tired, irritable, or even depressed, he said is, “How’s your sleep?” “Are you finding yourself snoring or does your partner snore?”

More information and counselling resources can be found on the Sleep Foundation web site.

Source: pharmacydaily.com.au, Monday 6 July 2015