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A 25-year-old male asked:

I have stopped using imovane for 3 months and the symptoms i felt for sporadic fatal insomnia can the symptoms be from stop usinging sleeping pills?

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Dr. Jahangir Ahdootanswered

Sleep Medicine 42 years experience

No: Familial fatal insomnia is a genetic disease and can not be related to sleeping pills withdrawal.

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