Surprising Side Effects of Sleeping Pills
If you’re taking sleeping pills regularly to help with insomnia and decide not to take them for a day or two, your insomnia may come back even stronger due what’s referred to as rebound insomnia. Rebound insomnia typically occurs only with sedative hypnotic sleeping medications like zolpidem (Ambien) and eszopiclone (Lunesta).
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July 1, 2014