ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 16, 2009  – Use of prescription sleep drugs nearly tripled among 18- to 24-year-olds between 1998 and 2006, according to a study released today by the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters.
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According to this recent New York Times article on choosing the right sleep medication, thirty percent of Americans report experiencing sleeping problems (and forty percent of those individuals suffer from coexisting psychiatric disorders), ten percent show signs of daytime impairment associated with a lack of sleep, and twenty percent of serious car accidents are believed to result from driver drowsiness.
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As you are likely aware, sleeping pills (both prescription sleep aids and over-the-counter drugs) pose many risks, including the threat of long term dependency and other health issues that arise from the lack of proper sleep. In fact, the most recent edition of Consumer Reports magazine comes down pretty strongly on the side of non-medicated sleep.
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Prescription sleep drugs like Ambien, Lunesta, Halcion, and Sonata are classified as hypnotic sedatives, and they are the class of drugs most commonly prescribed to sufferers of various sleep disorders - and they can definitely alleviate a sleeping problem, at least at first. However, using these drugs on a regular basis poses some serious health risks, including long-term dependency and an increased possibility of sleep walking (and therefore related problems like falls and injuries sustained while sleep walking).
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