Sleeping pills and health



Dr. Daniel Kripke of the University of California, San Diego, addressed this question. 


He found that people who used sleep medications were more likely to develop cancer than those who did not. 


In the early 2000s, insomnia rates increased. Kripke began studying epidemiological databases. He wanted to find out if there was a link between using sleeping pills and changes in the course of the disease or the risk of death. It did exist. 


❗ People taking sleeping pills were more likely to die during the study period (several years) than those who did not.


In 2012, Kripke compared more than 10,000 patients taking sleeping pills. He compared them to 20,000 people of similar age, race, sex, and medical history but who did not take sleeping pills. 


✅Those taking sleeping pills were 4.6 times more likely to die during this short period than those who did not. Kripke also found that the risk of death depended on the frequency of use.

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