The reason symptoms mainly affect the eyes and nose is because that's where pollen lands and irritates your immune system. Once your immune system detects the little pollen dust in your body, it overreacts. It misidentifies the pollen as dangerous and sends out an antibody called immunoglobulin E to fight it off.
Some of the more popular prescription sleep medications include: 1  eszopiclone (Lunesta), which is a non-benzodiazepine sedative. 2  ramelteon (Rozerem), which is a melatonin receptor agonist. 3  trazodone (Desyrel), which is an antidepressant of the serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor class.
Todayâs battery of prescription sleep aids includes among them a few of the most widely prescribed meds for insomnia. Drugs like Ambien, Lunesta, Rozerem, and Restoril all belong either to the family of benzodiazepines or non-benzodiazepines and are useful for short-term durations. Prescription sleeping pills â like Ambien, Lunesta and Rozerem. 2  Non-prescription or over-the-counter sleep aids â like Unisom and Sominex. 3  OTC antihistamines â like Benadryl that contains diphenhydramine. 4  Anti-depressants â like amitriptyline and trazodone that do better jobs of inducing sleep.