Sentences with phrase «prescription for sleeping pills»

But before you head down to the clinic to get a prescription for sleeping pills, consider trying one of science's more alternative approaches: yoga.

It's frustrating to see doctors just write prescriptions for sleeping pills and send patients away when there really are other things they could be doing.»

In 2008, Americans filled more than 56 million prescriptions for sleeping pills and spent more than $ 600 million on over-the-counter sleep aids.

Prescriptions for sleeping pills are at an all - time high — 60 million prescriptions in a 2010 according to AMA data.

Trouble with sleeping is so common that there were 60 million prescriptions for sleeping pills given in 2010 — most of them for women!

She knew a 10 minute visit and a prescription for a sleeping pill wasn't the ultimate answer.

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«Although sleep problems can happen at any age and for many reasons, they can't be cured by taking a pill, either prescription, over-the-counter or herbal, no matter what the ads on TV say,» says poll director Preeti Malani, M.D., a U-M physician trained in geriatric medicine.

6 In 2004 Americans filled more than 35 million prescriptions for sleeping pills.The number of adults aged 20 to 44 taking pills to help them fall asleep has doubled in the last four years.

In 2011, an estimated 40 MILLION sleeping pill prescriptions were dispensed and MOST OF THEM WERE FOR WOMEN.

Of course, you want to stay well away from prescription sleeping pills as they will do nothing good long - term for your health.

According to the statistics17 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 50 and 70 million Americans suffer from sleep deprivation, and nearly nine million Americans take prescription sleeping pills in pursuit of good night's rest; one in six adults with a diagnosed sleep disorder and one in eight adults with trouble sleeping report using sleeping pills.

Even if we include all diagnoses related to emotional problems and nervousness, most patients given sleeping pills are not given any diagnosis suggesting a genuine medical reason for the prescription.