La Belle sends another article for your enjoyment...
Some sleep experts say newer [sleeping] pills are safer than the ones that once caused deaths from overdose. Moreover, some say, there is growing evidence that insomnia is a serious medical condition, not just a nuisance.
"Slowly, we are beginning to identify that insomnia does have some risks associated with it, and when that happens there will be more press to treat it aggressively," said Dr. Michael H. Bonnet, director of the sleep laboratory at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio.
But part of the new push is driven by drug company marketing. Two new sleeping pills are expected to be available by the end of next year and their manufacturers hope to have them approved for broader and longer-term use than recommended for previous pills. And the companies are expected to advertise their products, and the problem of insomnia, heavily. article
And as you well know, neither sleep "experts" nor prescribing physicians have any connection to nor interest in the pharmaceutical companies.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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