melatonin can help wean older patients off benzodiazepine sleeping pills (Halcion, etc)

December 1999

New research suggests that melatonin can help wean older patients off benzodiazepine sleeping pills (Halcion, etc).

This is a common problem.

Many older patients have trouble discontinuing these sleeping pills. But there's concern that benzos may increase the risk of car accidents and falls...impair memory...and exacerbate depression.

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