Sleeping pills can help you sleep but health-wise, there is no question that some health risk is at stake. And apparently if people rely on them too much, there is the possibility of death after a study showed that the said drugs carry a substantially increased risk of death for those who are prescribed.
Over a two-and-a-half-year period, they compared the death rates among more than 10,500 people who received sleeping pill prescriptions with those of more than 23,600 others — matched
It looks like there is a new sleeping pill made for people who get up in the middle of the night. The new sleeping pill is called Intermezzo, a new formula from Ambien that has just been approved by the FDA. However, there are certain dosage requirements for males and females.
The dose of Intermezzo is 1.75 mg for women and 3.5 mg for men. The reason for the different doses is due to the slower clearance rate in women. The standard dose of Ambien for sleep is 5-10 mg each night. The new sleeping
By now most of you may have heard that the late Michael Jackson’s doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Dr. Murray was painted as a reckless caregiver who was said to have administered a lethal dose of anesthetic that killed the King of Pop.
A lot of people such as the fans and the family of Jackson cheered the verdict, some even singing to the tune of ‘Beat It’ too. And while Murray kept his poker-face stance all throughout, it makes you wonder; what if Murr
Somaxon has gotten a big boost after Proctor & Gamble promised to help them sell Silenor to thousands of U.S. doctors and pharmacies. Both companies have agreed in principle to start the marketing efforts for the new sleep drug this September.
The deal also places Procter & Gamble first in line to negotiate for the rights to develop and market an over-the-counter version of Silenor in the United States. However, Somaxon would have to win FDA approval first before the drug could be sold w
There are some people who have been hooked on to sleep drugs but as far as the Fulda Unitang Herbs Sleep Plus products, consumers are now being warned. The warning comes in the light of the sleep drug containing some undeclared sedatives which could be dangerous and addictive to the ones taking them.
The drug it contains is estazolam, which can be habit-forming and should only be used under the supervision of a health-care practitioner. On capsule contains 1.8m of estazoiam which is equiv
A mom who gave her son too much sleeping pills (Lunesta) is now facing manslaughter charges. Bernabe Odze was accused of giving her 4 year old son, Nicholas Odze too much Lunesta sleeping pills as discovered by the Broward Medical Examiners Office.
Toxicology tests conducted as part of the boy’s autopsy also found that shortly before his death he had ingested ibuprofen and the prescription pain substances oxycodone and oxymorphone. Authorities worked closely with Sepractor, the manufacturer of
For slipping a dietary supplement to make kids sleep, former church daycare worker Pamela Hartley has been sentenced in Cincinnati to time in jail. She slipped the said supplement in candies and gave them to kids for them to sleep.
She was convicted for three counts of child endangering and three counts of misrepresentation by a childcare provider and was sentenced to six months, but all but 30 days of the sentence was suspended. Additionally, she also faces three years of probation.
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It has been a year now since the death of pop sensation Michael Jackson and it seems the doctor is to blame for his death. Joseph Jackson filed the wrongful death lawsuit last Friday at a federal court in Los Angeles against Dr. Conrad Murray.
Stated in the suit filed was the slow action taken by Dr. Murray in getting hold of medical services and giving the late King of Pop a powerful drug to address his sleep problems. Medical experts have sa
A new pill from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry may yet address the jet lag problems that travelers and some shift workers have to deal with. The new pill aims to reset the internal circadian system which was initially used through observing mice.
The researchers noticed that modulating the speed with which the adrenal gland shifts its rhythmic production of glucocorticoid hormones to the new light/dark cycle regulates the resetting of the entire
Merck & Co. are developing a new drug that is said to help improve sleep and people suffering from insomnia. The drug is called the MK-4305 and belongs to a new class of sleep drugs which inhibit production of orexins in the brain, blocking stimulation of the brain’s arousal system.
Orexin is a neuropeptide that is believed to play a key role in regulation of the brain’s sleep/wake process.
The MK-4305 is made up of different dosages which are now being used in studies. 40
