Can medicines affect our sleep?

Can medicines affect our sleep?

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Most medicines have an impact on sleep, particularly if they're psycho active. So those that are used in psychiatry, say for depression or schizophrenia, will have an impact on sleep. But on the whole, I would say that the majority will have an impact on sleep.