A mother of three who handed in a “crude” forged prescription to get “very powerful” sleeping tablets from a pharmacy was ...

Official medical records showed doctors issued more than 800,000 prescriptions for drugs called hypnotics – sleeping tablets ...

"If you can reduce tau phosphorylation, potentially there would be less tangle formation and less neuronal death," said Lucey, still hopeful that future studies in older adults testing sleeping pills ...

Long-term use of sleeping pills can cause complications, especially in older adults. Other common side effects of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs include: continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP ...

Taken properly, sleeping pills give enormous benefit to people suffering from an inability to get restful sleep. At the same time, the rise in the use of sleep medication has been accompanied by ...

Sleeping pill use was also positively associated with the severity of depressive symptoms (p<0.001), whereas alcohol intake was inversely associated (PR=0.66; 95% CI 0.56 to 0.77). Conclusions One in ...

still hopeful that future studies in older adults testing sleeping pills for months could possibly measure a lasting effect on protein levels (whilst noting any downsides of sleeping pills).

Researchers suggest improving sleep may help prevent Alzheimer's, but caution against using sleeping pills indiscriminately due to potential dependency and less effective deep sleep. According to ...