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FDA recommends lower doses of sleep medications

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    Dr. Marty Makary reacts to decision

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On new warning for women taking one of the most widely used sleep drugs on the market the FDA finding -- and could impair driving the morning after taking an among other things.

The drug is already associated with sleep walking and hallucinations.

I the FDA just found out recently that women metabolize this drug more slowly than men.

And recommends that women taking this drug cut their dose and half doctor right -- -- a physician and professor of public health.

At Johns Hopkins so doctor Rick Perry someone in what we're -- this and think to me went two things one -- just -- -- -- my dose in half right away.

Or to this this drug is that helping me for years and I'm not changing thing you know what are what are -- -- do with this headlines with what's your recommendation.

While taking the last if you -- -- dose in half that's good you know people are on too many sleep medications it's addictive.

And many people don't need to be on it there are other reasons why -- sleep.

Is problematic with people people don't sleep well because of stress and caffeine sleep apnea -- sometimes the conditions of the room are not ideal.

And medicating the problem can worsen.

Some of those issues and actually make something like sleep apnea worse -- -- wake up.

More tired -- doctor -- -- and grueling medical school and you probably know it sleep deprivation.

It's like they're looking at -- side effects of AMD and a full -- yeah they're worried about women driving after taking at night but.

If your sleep deprives.

Yet there's a lot of side effects of that as well so.

Absolutely we get our.

Well you know -- the FDA got many reports that people were having car accidents in the morning and on Ambien and it turns out some of those levels linger.

And it.

This association has made people wonder is the date time morning sleeping nests contributing to the need for Ambien and becomes a vicious cycle so.

That's one of the reasons why they're cutting this Dow's down ten is now 512.

And happens now six point.

This is surprising this turned it on the market for our for a long time made CEO women metabolize it slower than -- -- Mean from just an -- regular person seems like kind of an obvious thing.

A white think it took -- want to -- this out well I think.

We've come a long way -- used to think that one Dallas was this would be appropriate for everybody in the world we now know everybody's different metabolism is different certain medications -- weight based.

And there is no ideal -- it's just sort of a dose to -- -- so cutting those doses down I think it's a good move by the F.

The -- -- real quick here and if this is focusing mainly on women should should men think about anything related to their dose in -- strike.

Absolutely I would use the same recommendations.

For men in general.

The most common cause of problems sleeping is sleep apnea -- -- gasp for air every few minutes or seconds.

This makes it worse it's an -- problem and not as sedation -- -- attempting to think about today doctor -- thank you for the time it's always nice to have anywhere Graham likewise.

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