Sleep-driving
The FDA has requested that new warnings be placed on the labels of various prescription sleep medications. The warning includes the risk of “sleep-driving.” Yes, sleepdriving, just like sleep-walking and sleep-eating is one of the risks. Here is an ABC news story about the risks of driving while taking Ambien. It is estimated that 26 million prescriptions were written for the drug last year. People that have any quantity of alcohol and then take a sleep aid are at greater risk for this occurance. The people that this happens to are charged with DUI even thought they had no intent to drive and don’t even usually remember the driving or the encounter with police.
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