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Can you tell me about an effective sleeping pill?

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Dr. Alvin Lin answered

None w/o risk: Effective sleeping pills would knock you out quickly, allow you get restorative sleep (in other words, wouldn't affect/transform sleep patterns), leave your body quickly & leave no lasting effect by morning w/o addiction. No such drug exists. Sure, there are many sleeping pills but none meet all above. Yes, they knock you out but they also change sleep pattern, are addictive & increase fall risk.

Answered 10/4/2016

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