melatonin can help wean older patients off benzodiazepine sleeping pills (Halcion, etc)
January 2000
New research suggests that melatonin can help wean older patients off benzodiazepine sleeping pills (Halcion, etc).
This is a common problem.
Many older patients have trouble discontinuing these sleeping pills. But there's concern that benzos might increase the risk of car accidents and falls...impair memory...and exacerbate depression.
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