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NEWS ABOUT: sleeping pills

sleeping pills stories: 9 news summaries

 Ginsburg Hospitalized Again 

Justice suffers adverse reaction to medications, released after overnight stay

Oct 15, 09 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,... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • cold medicine • US Supreme Court • sleeping pills • hospitalization • drug interaction • Supreme Court justice

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 Heath Almost Gave Up Pills 

Friends, colleagues remember tragic actor

Jun 29, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heath Ledger was a complicated actor who quit using marijuana and alcohol and came close to giving up the sleeping pills that may have killed him, friends and colleagues tell Vanity Fair in a profile. Though he was leery of summer blockbusters—“He was afraid it would define him... More »

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entertainment • alcohol • celebrity • death • marijuana • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • sleeping pills

 Money Woes Boost 
 Sales of Sedatives, 
 Antidepressants 

Jump comes despite dive in marketing dollars

Mar 9, 09 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Here's a downer: The sale of antidepressants and sleeping pills have jumped amid the recession, and 31% of Americans asked about their sleeping habits say financial worries are keeping them up at night. The 7% jump in sleep aids comes despite hundreds of millions of fewer dollars spent on their... More »

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antidepressant • marketing • recession • sleeping pills • Ambien • recession depression

 New Yorkers Fight 
 Crisis With Pills 


Prescriptions shoot up in Sept., Oct.

Dec 15, 08 8:24 AM CST
(Newser) - At least there's one market that's booming in New York—the market for pills for your sleeplessness, anxiety, and depression, Crain’s New York Business reports. The meltdown in the financial industry has caused a surge in prescriptions: In September, as Lehman Brothers was collapsing, and AIG and Merrill Lynch... More »

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New York City • depression • antidepressant • New York • prescription drugs • anxiety • medication • sleeping pills • financial crisis

Jet Lag Pill Can Reboot Biological Clock 

New drug could replace addictive sedatives as travel cure

Dec 2, 08 3:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A new drug could allow travelers to fly past jet lag without the lingering drowsiness of addictive sedatives, the BBC reports. The drug resets natural sleep rhythms by adjusting the body’s sleep hormone, melatonin, allowing sleep to come sooner and last longer. If approved, Tasimelteon could provide welcome relief... More »

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sleep • jet lag • air travel • sleep deprivation • drug test • sleeping pills • sleeplessness • jet set

Thomas Caught in Sleeping Pill OD Denial

NBA star claims daughter in distress; cops say he's 'lying'

Oct 25, 08 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite police and media reports to the contrary, Isiah Thomas is denying claims he was hospitalized yesterday for overdosing on sleeping pills, the New York Post reports. The NBA great says his teenage daughter was treated after a school “incident,” but an employee there said the school “... More »

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New York • overdose • New York Knicks • Isiah Thomas • sleeping pills • Lunesta

Isiah Thomas Hospitalized After Apparent OD

Sleeping pills are reported cause for former New York Knicks coach

Oct 24, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Knicks coach Isiah Thomas was hospitalized early this morning after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills, numerous news outlets in the New York area are reporting. Police in suburban Harrison were called to the Basketball Hall of Famer's home after midnight, the Journal News of Westchester reported. "He's fine,... More »

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overdose • Madison Square Garden • New York Knicks • Isiah Thomas • sleeping pills • Lunesta

US, UK Zero in on Illegal Prescription Drug Abuse

'These drugs are coming from inside our homes,' expert warns

Feb 10, 08 1:09 PM CST
(Newser) - American and British officials have launched campaigns to curb the illegal use of prescription drugs. The target of the British effort is doctors who "mis-prescribe" high doses of painkillers and sleeping pills that officials say are proving dangerously addictive, the Guardian reports. Across the Atlantic, Washington is spearheading... More »

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drug addiction • United Kingdom • patients • prescription drugs • doctor • painkiller • Heath Ledger • sleeping pills • benzodiazepine tranquillizers • over-the-counter drugs

Ledger Autopsy Inconclusive

Coroner needs 10 days, further tests; actor's roles took toll, caused insomnia

Jan 23, 08 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - An autopsy on actor Heath Ledger was inconclusive, the AP reports, and a medical examiner's office spokeswoman says that further needed tests will take about 10 days. Meanwhile, Ledger's family echoed earlier police statements that the actor had not committed suicide—rather, his death was “tragic, untimely, and accidental,... More »

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autopsy • insomnia • Heath Ledger • medical examiner • sleeping pills • the Joker

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