Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Silence your snorer

Make sure your winter’s nap is peaceful

“I tried everything, including plotting murder,” said Karin Poe, 43, about her husband’s loud snoring. After 23 years of marriage and many sleepless nights, she was at her wit’s end.

“When it sounds like a freight train and even ear plugs don’t help, it’s a problem. You get pretty cranky after a few nights with no sleep,” she added.

Poe’s husband had allergies, which often exacerbate snoring. The couple had gone “through the gamut” of traditional medications when they discovered a homeopathic remedy called SnoreStop. Without any side effects, it works to shrink the soft tissues at the back of the throat so they don’t vibrate when the snorer breathes.

This vibration and the noise it creates can be extremely disturbing during the night and is often more of a problem for the person who has to listen to it. According to a study at the Sleep Disorders Clinic at the Mayo Clinic, bedroom companions of heavy snorers lose an average of one hour of sleep per night.

“My wife would get six hours of sleep while I would get 8,” said Robert Frentzel, 66, about his frequent snoring. His wife was losing sleep every night until about five years ago when he tried the homeopathic remedy, which helped to reduce his nighttime snoring.

And the state of his marriage? “We’re still sleeping in the same bed,” exclaimed Frentzel.

The object of an independent clinical study, Snorestop has been formulated and tested by doctors, and according to three national surveys, is the product most often recommended by pharmacists for snoring. It provides a dual therapeutic action that shrinks swollen soft tissues in the throat, and dries up mucous in the sinus passages. Its decongestive, anti-inflammatory and antihistaminic action provides relief without any accompanying side effects.

Felicidad Tucker, 69, was troubled when her husband began snoring about three years ago. “He started snoring every night and I was so bothered,” said Tucker, who has been married 13 years. They tried a number of remedies, including elevating one end of their bed, before finding relief with the product. “It is wonderful,” said Tucker about her peaceful nights.

For Valentine’s Day five years ago, Shelly Maynard got her husband a unique gift. He had been complaining for years about her snoring and how it woke him up three or four times a night.

“He’s really hard to buy for,” said Maynard, who found the perfect gift at a drugstore: a Snore Extinguisher. Using the same homeopathic formula as SnoreStop, this spray is a quick and easy way to reduce snoring. Users just spray the fine mist to the back of the throat once at bedtime. If there are any flare-ups during the night, bedroom companions can administer another dose without waking the snorer up.

“He said he hasn’t slept so well in years,” added Maynard.

SnoreStop is a simple noninvasive, nonprescription homeopathic drug that allows snorers to not only reduce the noise, but to breathe easier and sleep better. And everyone else sleeps better too. For more information visit www.snorestop.com or call toll free (877) SNORESTOP.