New worries about sleeping pills
A prescription of bottle of Ambien. A new study of prescription sleeping pills showed that regular users were more likely to die than non-users.
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A new study of prescription sleeping pills showed that regular users were more likely to die than non-users.
More from the New York Times:
"Patients taking prescription sleep aids on a regular basis were nearly five times as likely as non-users to die over a period of two and a half years, according to a recent study. Even those prescribed fewer than 20 pills a year were at risk, the researchers found; heavy users also were more likely to develop cancer."
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