Archive for the 'Sleeping Pills' Category
A Pill to Solve Snoring Problems
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung April 16th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleeping Pills.
One thing that most people hate the most is having to sleep beside their partner who may snore a lot. Aside from the irritating noise, snoring is a dangerous symptom of a possible health disorder mainly because if affects the respiratory system of humans and may attack whenever we find ourselves sleeping.
There are sleeping masks and sleeping pills that have been introduced to the people concerned and apparently there is a new pill known only as BGC20-0166 which target areas of the brain and control the muscles of a sleeper’s airway and airflow.
Proper breathing is equally important for people with sleep problems. Obstructive sleep apnea is no joke and snoring is sure to set off some problems if they are not treated properly along the way.
The new drug is a combination of two existing anti-snoring drugs and in limited trials has so far proved more effective than either of the two drugs used independently, or a placebo.
‘The results from this trial demonstrate the potential of this drug to decrease sleep apnoea in some patients and normalise it in others,’ Thomas Roth, an advisor to the life sciences company BTG who are researching the drug and director of the Sleep Disorders and Research Centre at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, said.
(Source) Marie Claire
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Sleep? Don’t Do Drugs!
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung March 29th, 2008 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleeping Pills.
As far as sleep is concerned, it would be best to solicit it using the natural means and avoid the sleeping drugs that we often see being endorsed. Not all people who have sleep issues have to turn to the sleeping pills offered today. You can still find the alternative means where you do not put your overall health at stake.
Drugs have side effects and can affect other areas of your body. That is a given. But for people who are desperate to resolve their sleeping crisis, drugs can help but only for a while. It will reach a point that your body will become immune and show some ill effects of fabricated means of sleep.
Most of these drugs, used over a long time, tend to lose their benefit. So although you may take more, they will have less effect. Also, once you get into the habit of taking medication to help you sleep, you may have difficulty breaking the pattern.
(Source) The Chicago Tribune
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Beware of the Sleeping Pill Stilnox
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung February 21st, 2008 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleeping Pills.
If you are into the need to use sleeping pills, be on the lookout for Stilnox which has reportedly changed labels. Also known as Zolpidem, can affect people in the form of sleep-walking and sleep-driving. Hence, the manufacturers are being ordered to provide warning labels and have been categorized as a schedule 4 prescription medicine. The main reason here was to avoid potential abuse and illegal use of the said sleeping pill.
In 2000, Stilnox became the first product containing zolpidem to be marketed in Australia. To January 4, 2008, the TGA had received 1032 reports of suspected reactions to zolpidem products, most received over the past 12 months and relating to sleep-walking, sleep-eating and sleep-driving.
The TGA will meet the National Prescribing Service to discuss additional educational materials for prescribers, emphasising the need to use sleeping medicines only where clinically indicated, and for short periods of time.
(Source) Herald Sun Australia
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Ambien Overdose Linked to Heath Ledger’s Death
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung January 29th, 2008 in SLEEP News, Sleep Issues, Sleeping Pills.
Most people want to get the most out of what they can from sleeping pills like Ambien. But while they are known to provide temporary relief as far as helping people sleep, they may not necessarily produce the much needed sleep that we all look forward to. They are remedies but while they can allow you to sleep for a while, you may very well start to become immune to them and worse, get hooked on them without getting any sleep solution in the process.
Ambien has been in the headlines since there are rumors that is had something to do with Heath Ledger’s death. But as stated, they are just rumors and nothing has been scientifically proven just yet.
Did Heath Ledger die of an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets?
Among the many pills found near the actor’s body was the drug Ambien. Last week, Hollywood star Jack Nicholson said he’d warned Ledger against the sleeping pill.
“I tell people about Ambien. Somebody said: ‘Take this, it’s mild.’ I almost drove off a cliff 50 yards from my house.”
At the moment there is no evidence that Ambien played a part in Ledger’s death. However, the drug has been linked with other bizarre and terrifying experiences.
(Source) Daily Mail
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Quick2Sleep for Stressed People
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung January 6th, 2008 in How to sleep better, Sleeping Pills.
For people who always find themselves on the go, slowing down is usually not an option. But for people who have to consider that without sleep would mean risks to health, adhering towards the proper sleeping habits may need to be done.
Unfortunately, most people have difficulty sleeping by the time the need to really sleep comes in. Stress is usually something that can make people sleep easily but for others, it only makes them toss and turn to look for that proper sleeping position so that they can doze off soundly.
But now people have an option to use a natural sleeping aid called Quick2Sleep. People are apprehensive when it comes to sleeping aids but this is one thing that is worth checking out.
Tossing, turning? Is the stress of being back to work keeping you up at night? Need help to get to sleep quickly? When you don’t have 8 hours or cannot take a prescription sleep aid there’s a revolutionary all natural sleep aid available in a fast dissolving strip that allows you to get to sleep almost instantly. Quick2Sleep
is the revolutionary natural sleep aid delivered via a fast-acting dissolving strip that instantly melts in your mouth. A proprietary blend of all natural ingredients quickly enters the blood stream and induces a safe, sound sleep within 15 minutes. This unique formula and revolutionary delivery method is a true breakthrough in sleep aid treatment that insomnia sufferers have been searching for. Most importantly it’s safe, non-habit forming, and it works!
Source: Reuters
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