Proved: sleeping pills does not relieve insomnia

People suffering from sleep disorders and taking sleeping pills, it is becoming more and yet receive such funds, in many cases completely ineffective.

British Medical periodicals published the results of a study that showed that rely on sleeping pills to people suffering from insomnia, it is not necessary. As shown by the test, 42% of participants in the experiment took sleeping pills for a long time, but did not get rid of the problems with falling asleep.

The researchers concluded that in cases of long-term insomnia sleeping pills   It does not solve the problem. According to experts, to deal with it is not helping drug and cognitive-behavioral therapy, in particular, the special interactive program to improve sleep. Besides long   sleeping pills   could provoke negative processes in the body and cause a risk of premature death.

"In health care should be available alternative means of insomniacs. This should provide a more adequate treatment ", - quotes the executive director of the Mental Health Foundation, Andrew McCulloch edition of Daily Mail.

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International Classification of Sleep Disorders allocates 81 independent sleep disorder. Some of these disorders are very common, others arise from a limited number of people. Insomnia is often a symptom of a deeper problem: the physical (SDB) or psychological (eg, depression). In Britain, insomnia affects more than one-third of the population, and sleeping pills every year issued more than 10 million prescriptions.

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