Transcript Sleeping Pills

Sleeping Pills
By: Alex and Alex
PROs
Restless Night
Late Night
Pain
Irritability
Relief Anxiety
Insomnia
CONs
Sedative dependence
slurred speech
staggering gait
poor judgment
Slow reflexes
Death
History
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One of Earliest Drugs
Romans and Egyptians used opium from poppies
300BC Greek Doctors Suggested Opium
Justis Von Liebig Experimented with Chloral Hydrate to induce sleep
(1832)
1930 Eli Company produced Amytal and Seconal
Barbiturates Sleeping pills very Powerful
Found out Barbiturates Pills with Alcohol proved fatal
1990 Benzodiazepines created
Early Benzodiazepines had similar bad effects as Barbiturates
Know Benzodiazepines are what people use today
Sleeping Pills Effect on the Body
 Depress the central nervous system
 This creates desired effects
 Sleeping Pills help the system by
Strengthening Sleep Drive
 When we are rely on the drug, sleep drive
weakens, more and more drugs needed to
sleep
Abuse of Sleeping Pills
 Sleeping pills are rarely taken by children
 Almost every other adult over 30 has taken
sleeping pills half of those will have over
dosed.
Alex’n’Alex Statistics©
Ways to Stop abuse
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Don’t Quit by Dropping them all together
Talk to a Doctor
Gradually Stop
Individual support
Talk to one who has first hand experience if
nothing has worked