Sunday, March 11, 2007
While I was sleeping.
Concerns raised over sleeping pills’ side effects
By Sophie Scott
Doctors have received 25 reports of bizarre behaviour associated with two sleeping tablets, Stilnox and Immovane.
Many patients have contacted the adverse medicines event line in Queensland with their stories.
Doctor Geraldine Moses runs the consumer line where patients report side effects from medicines.
She says she has received 25 reports of strange behaviour in patients taking the sleeping pills, particularly when combined with alcohol.
“The most concerning side effects that we have heard about are the people waking up a few hours after taking the medication in the middle of the night, doing things such as cooking, ironing, driving their car or motorbike,” Dr Moses said.
“These are complex things which can be quite dangerous and the following morning they have no recollection of what they’ve done.”
Proof positive that Doctor Moses is right on the ball.
“I’ve always thought Kelvin Thomson is a pretty grubby sort of character if I could say so and be, for a foreign minister, rather undiplomatic about him,” he said.
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