How does sleeping pills affect our health?✨
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Some research has also shown a significantly higher diagnosis of cancer for patients regularly taking sleeping pills. According to the FDA, sleep aids can have dangerous effects by decreasing blood pressure, the heart and breathing rate if taken together with other prescription medications.
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Benzodiazepines activate GABA receptors in the brain, causing sedation and relaxation and promoting sleep. Because they act on various types of GABA receptors throughout the brain, though, benzodiazepines have other effects: Reduced anxiety. Muscle relaxation.
Sleeping pills are mostly safe, but they do have potentially harmful risks and side effects. Prescription sleep aids must be taken under a doctor's supervision, as they can be unsafe with some underlying medical conditions, and overdosing can be very dangerous.
The Long-Term Side Effects of Sleeping Pills
- Greater risk of cancer.
- Increased risk of dementia in seniors. ...
- Memory problems and confusion.
- Parasomnia: activities while sleeping such as driving or eating without remembering.
- Depression and suicidal thoughts or actions.
- Organ damage or even failure.
- Rebound insomnia.
- Overdose.
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