Why patients with cerebral infarction should not be sedated

Patients with cerebral infarction cannot use sedatives, which is seen in posterior circulation cerebral infarction, especially brainstem, brain bridge and medulla oblongata infarction. The patient himself will have a change in respiratory rhythm, if the use of sedatives can lead to respiratory depression, serious life-threatening. Patients with cerebral infarction should not use sedatives, considering that the use of sedatives will lead to a slowing of blood circulation, affecting the blood supply to the brain, and also affecting the opening of collateral circulation, which is unfavorable to the treatment of cerebral infarction. If the symptoms of patients with cerebral infarction are relatively mild and the clinical symptoms are stable, and the patients have sleep disorders while being treated, the patients can be given oral mild sedatives, such as eszopiclone, zopiclone, and zolpidem tartrate tablets, to regulate the sleep disorders of patients with cerebral infarction. As poor sleep in patients with cerebral infarction can also lead to increased blood pressure, which is not conducive to the recovery of cerebral infarction.