Sentences with phrase «sleeping pills in»

War put an end to the revelry, however, and also to Doris's life — she took an accidental overdose of sleeping pills in 1942.

Dreamland offers some simple advice for improved sleep (basic behavior modification trumped sleeping pills in one study cited here), but the real fun is finding out how little we truly know about roughly one - third of our time on earth, and the wild and wide - ranging paths we've taken in search of answers.

«Sleeping pills in the elderly are associated with a 4-fold increase in the prevalence of falls which, at that age, can result in fractures that require surgery,» he explains.

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.

«Sleeping pills in the elderly are associated with a 4-fold increase in the prevalence of falls, which, at that age, can result in fractures that require surgery,» Greenway notes.

Rachel Adams: And when I decided to really take a look at how I — how I slept, I realized that I was doing a disservice to myself and like I said, when I — I found myself home earlier, I was like I wonder if I, you know, I fought sleep always, so I'm — I hadn't taken a sleeping pill in quite a long time and I'm drinking tea and I almost started to create this like — so you know we talked about a powerful morning routine --

According to Dr. Oz, «bananas are a sleeping pill in a peel.»

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The spike in the use of sleeping pills has caused some alarm, with critics warning that these pills — sometimes known as benzos — actually cut down on critical REM sleep and slow - wave sleep during which we consolidate information, and pose a risk of dependence.

Several decades later, Weight Watchers surged in popularity, and in the 1970s, women were encouraged to take sleeping pills whenever they felt hungry.

«Ohhh I was an idiot and slept with some guy without realizing that sperm + egg could = baby so I took the morning after pill to make sure if there was a baby in there, I killed it before it could implant in my uterus and grow.»

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About ten years ago, when I was also going through the worst of my years of sickness, I was driven into such a craze from yet another night of no sleep, that I decided I needed a little help in the form of a pill to get some relief.

sorry if this is a repeat question,,, i took my sleeping pill and can't read through them all in my state of mind!!!

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.

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over-the-counter medications that could cause problems if taken in excess: sleeping pills, cough medicine, etc..

Some might think that hope would be in sleeping pills or medications.

We have over-the-counter sleep aides, prescription pills, sleep clinics, psychiatrists who specialize in sleep problems (and have thriving practices), pills that help you stay asleep, and the list goes on.

It is also the main component in many sleep aids, including «nighttime» versions of cold medications, as well as motion sickness pills.

Kennedy successfully argued in court she mistakenly took a sleeping pill instead of her thyroid medication before she got behind the wheel of her Lexus and sideswiped a tractor - trailer in North Castle in July 2012.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Kerry Kennedy was acquitted Friday of drugged driving after she accidentally took a sleeping pill and then sideswiped a truck in a wild highway drive she said she didn't remember.

Singh said he had been under a psychiatrist's care during his time in a federal detention center and was taking pills that he said «calms me down to sleep.»

The receiver then time — and date — stamps information about the pill and sends back activity (to track sleep patterns, posture or falls) and heart and respiratory rate readings to caregivers via e-mails or text messages in real - time.

For example, there was a 12 per cent jump in suicides in the US in the month following Marilyn Monroe's death from a sleeping pill overdose in 1962.

«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.

In this way it is very different than a sleeping pill.»

A synthetic cannabis - like drug in a pill was safe and effective in treating obstructive sleep apnea in the first large multi-site study of a drug for apnea funded by the National Institutes of Health.

«We know from previous research that general anaesthetics including propofol act on sleep systems in the brain, much like a sleeping pill,» Associate Professor van Swinderen said.

They found that for tranquillisers — including sleeping pills and drugs for treating anxiety and disorders such as schizophrenia — French doctors prescribe about four times as many DDDs per thousand people as their British and German counterparts, and two and a half times what doctors prescribed in Italy (see Graph).

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 yearIn 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 yearin the last four years.

Insomnia - related symptoms, early morning awakenings, feeling more tired than others, and using sleeping pills also were consistently associated with a significant increase in workdays lost due to sickness.

Regardless of age, the main therapeutic classes of AI medications used in the population were cardiovascular agents such as blood pressure medications, central nervous system agents such as sleeping pills, pain medications, and muscle relaxers, metabolic agents such as medications for diabetes and cholesterol, and psychotherapeutic agents such as antidepressants and antipsychotics.»

Second, doctors might prescribe sleeping pills more often in an effort to treat insomnia from a possible blood - pressure lowering perspective.

«We see a 1 - hour difference in sleep duration between summer and winter, whereas chronic use of sleeping pills adds at most 15 minutes to sleep time.»

A new compound that inhibits the activity of alertness - promoting brain peptides called orexins shows promise as a sleeping pill, according to tests in people and animals.

Previous research at Emory has shown that many individuals with hypersomnia have a substance in their spinal fluid that acts like a sleeping pill, enhancing the action of the neurotransmitter GABA.

«This gives us a target to work on,» Young said at a press conference in New York this morning, alluding to the possibility that this basic research discovery may lead to a possible way to intervene in the aberrant pathway and fix it, enabling people who suffer from the condition to adhere to a normal sleep schedule without the need for sleeping pills.

A: Ledger died in January 2008 from an accidental overdose when he combined the prescription sleeping pill Restoril with prescription painkillers, antianxiety meds (Valium and Xanax), and an over-the-counter sleep aid.

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.

(While taking a Melatonin supplement can ease temporary sleep issues like jet lag, some experts say it's best to rely on your body's own production of the hormone rather than taking it in pill form.)

In a 2006 government - sponsored analysis, benzodiazepines caused patients to fall asleep 10 minutes faster and sleep 32 minutes longer than those who took placebo pills.

A: Sleeping pills can be lifesavers in certain circumstances, but, remember, these drugs can have significant side effects like daytime sleepiness, poor motor coordination, and reduced short - term memory.

«I do feel like it was helpful in making me more sleepy in general [without giving me] the same effect as a sleeping pill.»

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

Please understand that resorting to sleep medications is risky business, and that these pills do not address the underlying reasons why you're having trouble sleeping in the first place.

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

Truth: Sleeping pills have been proven in 3 large - scale studies to be associated with higher mortality, even when you take them only 20 times per year!

One thought is that some doctors look at the body as if: insomnia is a sleeping pill deficiency; anxiety is an anti-anxiety drug deficiency; yeast infections are an anti-fungal drug deficiency; high cholesterol and blood pressure is a deficiency in drugs to lower those; etc., etc., etc....

Even worse — if you define insomnia as less than 6.5 hours of sleep each night, people who take the most common types of sleeping pills (such as Lunesta) still have insomnia (and they feel more groggy in the morning!).

so open - minded healthcare can be hard to find — I once went to a doctor and all I got was sleeping pills I'll consider a consultation with you but in the meantime are there any books you can recommend that might help?