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Which Of These Non-Prescription Sleep Aids Bags Jet Lag Best?

IF only you could sleep this well in the middle seat

Question, hotshot: You’ve got a 14-hour flight ahead of you. Normally, you don’t sleep at all on the plane, but when you land, it’ll be 3:00am your time, and all you’ll want to do is check into your hotel and slip into sweet oblivion. But bam! You’ve got a full day of meetings planned. What do you do? What. Do. You. Do?

There’s always Ambien, or the glowing green butterfly of Lunesta, but for those of us who aren’t exactly thrilled at the prospect of indulging in prescription medications to preempt and combat jet lag, there are several non-prescription sleep aids that can help us feel well rested after some of those notorious long-haul flights. Here’s our rundown of a few tried and true sleep remedies.

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Tackling Travel's Biggest Challenge: Sleeping On a Plane

When I visited Japan a few years back, I was afraid that the 14-hour flight from Newark would leave me so jet-lagged that I'd be a zombie once I arrived in Tokyo, so I did everything in my power to sleep on the plane. It didn't work. I kept my eyes glued shut for hours on end, yet sleep would simply not come. Upon touching down at Narita, I spent the next 48 hours in a daze. If only I had the wisdom of the experts msnbc.com called on for an interesting article on how to sleep on an airplane.

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