Sleeping Pills WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Sleeping Pills
Sleeping pills, also referred to as sedative-hypnotics, are medications used to help people fall asleep and/or stay asleep. Sleeping pills do not treat the underlying causes of sleeplessness. While recent prescription sleep medications do not carry the risk of dependence and overdose that were present with those of the past, risks still remain.
Fast Facts:
- Side effects may include dizziness, facial swelling and headache
- Lunesta, Rozerem, Halcion, Sonata, and Ambien are common brands
- Never mix alcohol and sleeping pills
- Use is associated with increased risk of nighttime falls and injuries in older adults
- It is important to address the cause of sleeplessness
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Latest Headlines on Sleeping Pills
What are Sleeping Pills?
- Healthwise (via Health.com): Understanding Hypnotics—Benzodiazepine and Non-Benzodiazepine Sleep Medications
- WebMD: Sleeping Pills—What You Need to Know
- Psychology Today: Sedative-Hypnotics—Definition
- Mayo Clinic: OTC Sleep Aids and Supplements—What's Best and Safe?
What Are The Uses for Sleeping Pills?
- Wikipedia: Therapeutic Uses of Sedative-Hypnotics
- Aetna Intellihealth: Legitimate Uses of Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs (Jan. 19, 2005)
- Talk About Sleep: The Benefits and Limitations of Sedative-Hypnotics
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Sleeping Pills?
- Wikipedia: Sedative-Hypnotics Dependence
- The New York Times: F.D.A. Warns of Sleeping Pills’ Strange Effects (Mar. 15, 2007)
- Helpguide.org: The Dangers of Treating Insomnia with Sleep Medications
What are the Alternatives to Sleeping Pills?
- Helpguide.org: Tips for Getting Better Sleep
- WebMD: Short Insomnia Therapy Beats Sleeping Pills (Sept. 27, 2004)
- Mayo Clinic: Insomnia Treatment—Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Instead of Sleeping Pills
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Sleeping Pills?
- HolisticOnline: Sleep—Alternative and Integral Therapies
- Better Nutrition (via BNET): Holistic Hormone—Melatonin is More Than a Sleep Aid (Mar. 2005)
- Expert Village: How to Make a Hops Pillow as a Sleep Aid
- YouTube: Sleep—A Chinese Herbal Prescription
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Sleeping Pills
- MSNBC: Confessions of a Sleeping-Pill Junkie (Mar. 17, 2008)
- Go Ask Alice: Losing Sleep Over Sleeping Pills—Will I Become Dependent on Them?
- HealthCentral: Sleeping Pills and Bizarre Behavior
- Restful Sleep & Sleeping Pill Addiction: Remodeling The Way You Sleep
Clinical Trials for Sleeping Pills
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Sleeping Pills Studies
- CenterWatch: Sedative-Hypnotics Clinical Trials
Controversy and Lawsuits about Sleeping Pills
- The Dark Side of Sleeping Pills: Sleeping Pills Could Shorten Your Life
- CNNMoney.com: A New Sleeping Pill? Keep Dreaming (Mar. 4, 2008)
- TIME: Sleeping-Pill Puzzler (Mar. 19, 2006)
- Apollo Health: Sleeping Pill Danger
- New York Times Health: Sleep Drugs Found Only Mildly Effective, but Wildly Popular (Oct. 23, 2007)
Abuse of Sleeping Pills
- Wikipedia: Sedative- Hypnotics Abuse and Overdoses
- eMedicine: Toxicity, Sedative-Hypnotics
- Idaho Drug Utilization Review Program: Sedative-Hypnotics—Safety Concerns
- SparkPeople: Abuse of Sedative -Hypnotic Drugs
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Sleeping Pills
- PubMed Central: Sleeping Pills Search
- Journal of the American Medical Association: Sleeping Pills Search
- Google Scholar: Sleeping Pills Search
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- Contributor: Kathleen J
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 6, 2009
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- Contributor: Kathleen J
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Sedative-hypnotics, Sleep aids, Sleep medication, Sleeping medications, Sleeping pill
- Last update: Jan. 22, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
