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Ginsburg Hospitalized Again

Justice suffers adverse reaction to medications, released after overnight stay

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 15, 2009 1:09 PM CDT

(Newser) – Ruth Bader Ginsburg is out of the hospital after suffering an adverse reaction to medication last night. While waiting for takeoff on a plane bound for London, Ginsburg because extremely drowsy and fell from her seat because of a reaction between a prescription sleeping aid and an OTC cold medication, the Washington Post reports. It was the 76-year-old justice’s second hospitalization in less than a month.

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 20009 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses with other Supreme Court judges for a new group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)

This Oct. 18, 2004 file photo shows Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg smiling before her speech to the United Jewish Communities 2004 International Lion of Judah Conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci,File)

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