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sleeping pill

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sleeping pill a pill containing medication that induces sleep. Benzodiazepines such as temazepam (Restoril) and triazolam (Halcion) have for the most part replaced barbiturates as drugs of choice for insomnia. Imidaopyridines, such as zolpidem tartrate, are also sometimes used for short-term treatment; they are nonbenzodiazepines but work by acting on benzodiazepine receptors. ... Read more
Sleeping Pill
How Products Are Made Sleeping Pill Background A sleeping pill, also commonly called a sleep aid, is a drug that helps a person fall asleep or remain sleeping. Disorders such as insomnia (inability to sleep) are widespread... Read more
sleeping pill
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English sleep·ing pill • n. a tablet of a drug that helps to induce sleep. Read more

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Magazine article from: Furniture-Today; 9/10/2007; 434 words ; ...industry struggled last year, the sleeping pill industry had a boom year. Sadly...to $6.8 billion. Meanwhile, the sleeping pill industry recorded some staggering...daunting to try to compete with the sleeping pill juggernaut, but we've got no choice... Read more
It's a wake-up call for insomniacs 1st sleeping pill OKd for long-term use to get rousing sendoff
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/10/2005; ; 595 words ; A new sleeping pill being launched...reluctance to take sleeping pills. Also on...current leading pill, Ambien. As many...occasional difficulty sleeping. But only 2.5...long-term use of sleeping pills. "One of...about $3.70 a pill, and insurance... Read more
New Sleeping Pill Promises Long-Term Results
Newspaper article from: The Arab American News; 4/30/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Insomniacs can now try another sleeping pill for desperately needed slumber...it." Jacobs noted there is no sleeping pill that needs to be taken every night...people who are going to take a sleeping pill have severe, chronic insomnia... Read more
Sleeping pills--the truth
Magazine article from: Mental Health Nursing; 3/1/2001; ; 113 words ; Sixteen million sleeping pill prescriptions are written annually despite...of high dependence. `Making Sense of Sleeping Pills' is a 20 page booklet published...But MIND stresses that no sleeping pill should be used for long term treatment... Read more
You May Want to Sleep on It; Enter the Next 'Miracle' Drug: a Sleeping Pill You Can Take Long-Term. Ads for Lunesta Won't Likely Give That Theme a Rest. This Time Will Consumers Be More Leery?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/18/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...sounds like an insomniac's dream: a sleeping pill that can be taken for weeks or...question the wisdom of using a sleeping pill for weeks or months on end, particularly...said that long-term use of a sleeping pill is inappropriate for most patients... Read more
Sleeping pill choices a tossup
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News; 12/20/2005; ; 197 words ; A sleeping pill can help you snooze, but...results showed that although sleeping pills are better than placebos...and stay asleep, no single pill appeared to be better than...million Americans have trouble sleeping, with the likelihood of insomnia... Read more
Fed: One in ten Australians pop sleeping pills: Survey
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 3/20/2007; 444 words ; ...03-20-2007 Fed: One in ten Australians pop sleeping pills: Survey Eds: Embargoed until...Writer SYDNEY, March 20 AAP - Swallowing sleeping tablets is common practice among Australians...research showing one in ten will pop a pill to get some shuteye. And one third of this group admitted they took ... Read more
IS LONG-TERM USE OF SLEEPING PILLS OK?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/19/2005; ; 375 words ; ...some kinds. So far, the only sleeping pill approved by the US Food and...drugs, you run the risk of not sleeping, and that's it," said Stepanski...several companies that make sleeping pills. Some people, however...Lunesta, Sonata, and Ambien sleeping pills is how quickly the body... Read more
Sleeping pill choices a tossup.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 12/20/2005; ; 203 words ; ...Ryckman, Rocky Mountain News A sleeping pill can help you snooze, but which...results showed that although sleeping pills are better than placebos...and stay asleep, no single pill appeared to be better than...million Americans have trouble sleeping, with the likelihood of insomnia... Read more
AMERICAN HOME SLEEPING PILL OK'D
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