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The article repeatedly says "sleeping pills", and mentions benzodiazepines and antihistamines specifically, but then the words "sleeping pills" link to an artic
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The article repeatedly says "sleeping pills", and mentions benzodiazepines and antihistamines specifically, but then the words "sleeping pills" link to an article Suvorexant and possible reductions in Alzheimer's risk.
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- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago> The article repeatedly says "sleeping pills", and mentions benzodiazepines and antihistamines specifically, Yeah the article spends very little effort to define what it means by sleeping pills. Melatonin? Valerian? They're pills people take to sleep but they aren't considered drugs. How about Hydroxyzine? It's on/off label for many things, inc nausea and it's an antihistamine. How about muscle relaxers like Tizanadine? Those are used to sleep. They're OTC in some countries. How about Mirtazapine? It's a tetracyclic antidepressant but is used for sleep too. These are all old drugs and have not-awful track records. None are benzos or even scheduled in the US. Importantly, they're all very different types of medications - that also happen to be prescribed for sleep.