Insomnia Sleep aid hangovers
Morning-after psychomotor impairment... Been there, done that!
We all have occasional rough nights, followed by even rougher mornings, but morning-after psychomotor impairment might become all too common for regular users of sleeping aids. Which is just one reason why the risks of using pharmaceutical sedatives to promote sleep may not be worth the benefits.
Insomnia: The price of tranquility
Canadian researchers at the University of Toronto set out to compare benefits and risks (such as morning-after psychomotor impairment) of short-term sleep aids known as sedative hypnotics.
The Toronto team analysed more than 20 studies in which a drug treatment for insomnia was used for at least five consecutive nights in subjects over the age of 60. In all of these studies, subjects suffered from insomnia, but had no psychological disorders. More than 2,400 subjects participated in the studies.
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