sleeping pills

The label for a bottle of melatonin pills. Melatonin is a hormone that helps control the body's sleep cycle.

Health & Safety

Thousands of kids are getting sick from downing melatonin pills

1:38pm June 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

Last year, U.S. poison control centers got 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome amounts of the dietary supplement, a popular sleep aid. Two children have died in the past decade.

The active ingredient in Ambien stays in the body longer than thought, FDA officials say.

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Health & Safety

Wake-Up Call: FDA Pushes Drugmakers To Weaken Sleeping Pills

6:26pm January 10, 2013

by Rob Stein

The active ingredient in many sleep aid medications like Ambien stays in the body longer than had been thought, which could leave people drowsy the next day. So the Food and Drug Administration is ordering pharmaceutical companies to change the labeling on drugs containing the ingredient zolpidem.

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