bedtime dose
Pre-sleep pill amount
A bedtime dose is medication taken at night before sleep, often abbreviated in prescriptions as "h.s." (from Latin *hora somni*, "at the hour of sleep").
The timing may be practical—sleeping through side effects like drowsiness—or therapeutic, as with medications that work overnight: The doctor prescribed a bedtime dose of melatonin.
- nightcapPre-sleep alcoholic drink
- warm milkGently heated cow's beverage
- sleeping pillMedication inducing slumber
- sleep aidSubstance promoting drowsiness
- melatoninCircadian rhythm regulator
drowsy · pillow · pajamas · swallow · tablet · medicine · lullaby · yawn · drift off · sweet dreams · dropper · spoonful · syrup · dimmed · lights out · routine · tuck-in · prescribed
- dosing timingonce daily, twice daily, around the clock, as needed, before meals
- dosingmicrodosing, microdose, megadose, booster, titration
- dosing instructionsdaily, twice daily, once daily, every 4 hours, every 6 hours