For most of us, a prescription pill is the concrete symbol of modern medicine. One-third of the population experiences sleeping problems and half of that number are motivated enough by their distress to take their problem to a physician. Nothing I have ever read recommends the use of sleeping pills for anything other than a short term solution to a sleeping problem. Why is it that we all know people who take sleeping pills every night of their lives? Ask any pharmacist, and you will find that many people take sleeping pills for prolonged periods of time. Why are these people being prescribed this medication for extended periods? Maybe the answer is that their doctors are aware of no acceptable solution other than to dispense sleeping pills. The doctor knows their patients have to sleep.
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Time For Bed So Take Your Sleeping Pill - Or Not
Thursday, April 19, 2012
For most of us, a prescription pill is the concrete symbol of modern medicine. One-third of the population experiences sleeping problems and half of that number are motivated enough by their distress to take their problem to a physician. Nothing I have ever read recommends the use of sleeping pills for anything other than a short term solution to a sleeping problem. Why is it that we all know people who take sleeping pills every night of their lives? Ask any pharmacist, and you will find that many people take sleeping pills for prolonged periods of time. Why are these people being prescribed this medication for extended periods? Maybe the answer is that their doctors are aware of no acceptable solution other than to dispense sleeping pills. The doctor knows their patients have to sleep.
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