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Sleep specialist warns of inappropriate use of sleeping pills

Often when someone has difficulty sleeping, a pill becomes the ticket to slumber. When a person complains of not sleeping well too often, the doctor prescribes a sleeping aid instead of getting to the root of the problem.

Sleep specialist warns of inappropriate use of sleeping pills

Often when someone has difficulty sleeping, a pill becomes the ticket to slumber. When a person complains of not sleeping well too often, the doctor prescribes a sleeping aid instead of getting to the root of the problem.

Deaths raise fears about sleep drug for vets

Thousands of soldiers suffering from PTSD have received Seroquel, a potent anti-psychotic medication, over the last nine years. But a spate of deaths have raised questions about its off-label use as a sleep aid.

5 Dr. Jeff Teachable Moments From Fantasia’s Affair and Suicide Attempt

Filed under: Music , Television , Celeb Updates Two weeks after being hospitalized for overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid, singer and ‘American Idol’ winner Fantasia Barrino revealed in a VH1 ‘Behind the Music’ interview on Tuesday night that she knew exactly what she was doing and wanted to die. All of this comes on the heels of an embarrassing divorce case brought by Paula Cook against her …

Video: Fantasia Breaks Her Silence About Her Drug Overdose!

It was on August 9, 2010 that former “American Idol” Fantasia Barrino was rushed to the hospital for a drug overdose of aspirin and a sleep-aid. Now, for the first time since the incident, Fantasia speaks out about what really happened!