What You Don't Know About Your Sleeping Pills | The Dr. Oz Show... In January 2013, the FDA reduced the recommended dosage for medications containing zolpidem for women because many women were waking up in the morning with active levels of the drug in the blood stream. This can cause morning drowsiness and impair activities that require alertness, like driving. Read more about the new recommended dosage for sleep medications containing zolpidem.
Many studies have also found connections between regularly taking sleep aids and an increased risk of death and cancer. Compared with non-users of sleeping pills, one study discovered that those who took 1 to 18 pills of any sleep aid or hypnotic medication per year had a greater than three-fold increased risk of early death. They also found that heavy hypnotic users were 35% more likely to develop a new cancer.
There are no clear explanations for this connection; however, some studies have connected increased risks of suicide and risky behavior, like impaired driving, with the use of prescribed sleep aids. Zolpidem can also increase stomach regurgitation, which can increase your risk of esophageal cancer.
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