Study: 0.4–18 pills/year: threefold increased hazards of death

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Receiving hypnotic prescriptions was associated with greater than threefold increased hazards of death even when prescribed <18 pills/year.

 

This includes Zolpidem and Temazepan. The study was published on 27 February 2012.

Source: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000850.full?sid=2d5fb123-d2db-4735-a64d-fc8f46ffed9f

 

Dr. Kripke, who published the study, has revised his website http://www.darksideofsleepingpills.com which has been discussed here: http://www.benzobuddies.org/forum/index.php?topic=43844.0

 

[[Me...]]

:'( :'( My 12 years of up to 6 a day ... 12 x 365 = 4380 x6 = 26 280 pills.  I am 51 years old and still tapering.  This is as depressing as the quote I once read - "Everytime you take a sleeping pill you are borrowing sleep from the future"!!!!  Ok so I guess it is payback time but after calculating the above I doubt I am going to be able to pay it back in this life time 

[[La...]]

I am not even going to bother with the math, too hard for my brain and just keep strong and have faith that the brain damage can be stopped now and then reversed, Ladygrace

[Guest [de...]]

That study is total ******. Don't believe a word of it.

 

 

 

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That study is total bullshit. Don't believe a word of it.

 

There were 10 529 participants and 23 676 more in the control group.

 

And what about the other studies?

 

As of January' date=' 2012, there were 24 published studies of the mortality risks of sleeping pills. Of the 22 studies which reported either greater or lesser mortality associated with sleeping pills, 21 studies showed that people taking sleeping pills died sooner. (The 22nd study found no mortality risk of sleeping pills but did find sleeping pill usage associated with increased cancer deaths.) [/quote']

[[ma...]]

This is kinda scary even tho we are getting off sleeping pills. I've been off benzos for over a year but have been using antihistamines and they are considered sleeping pills too. Lets hope sleep restriction works, along with stopping the wine.

[[Gl...]]

I think stopping the wine would help a lot..drinking beer seems to have given me major insomnia.  I think once we damage the receptors from benzos, they become damaged again when we drink.  It's ridiculous.  I want to try sleep restriction too but I'm worried it won't work or I'll feel terrible doing it.