Sentences with phrase «older sleeping pills»

The older sleeping pills with secobarbital (Seconal) and pentobarbital (Nembutal) pose a much higher risk of addiction.

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The Knicks made the playoffs just once in his 4 1/2 - year run, which ended after the 2007 — 08 season; a fellow team executive sued Thomas for sexual harassment in 2007, costing the team's parent company $ 11.6 million in a settlement; and Thomas was hospitalized after overdosing on sleeping pills last October, a tabloid drama heightened when he told reporters it was his 17 - year - old daughter who was treated, not him.

Fox 6 Now reported that the parents denied giving any of their children prescription drugs, while their older children claimed that mom and dad would break off pieces of pills and gave them to London to make her sleep.

Interestingly, sleeping pills don't provide the deep sleep that's needed to counteract this decline, so researchers are now questioning why older adults, who typically spend less time in deep sleep than younger ones, simply aren't getting the rest they need.

Today's sleeping pills are much safer than older versions, though some can cause side effects, says Alon Y. Avidan, MD, director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center.

«Sleeping pills may be an option for younger insomniacs, but for older people these medications quadruple the risk of falling, which can lead to broken hips and, often, earlier death,» Greenway said.

As a result, older individuals are more likely to seek help for their sleep issues, which unfortunately leads to higher rates of sleeping pill use.

I'm hopeless at sleeping at other people's houses... All those strange noises and unfamiliar pillows and having to share a bed with a seven - year - old with really itchy eczema... So I decided to take a crude, over-the-counter elephant tranquilizer - style sleeping pill on the last night of my far north coast sojourn.