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    Sleeping pills cause bizarre behaviour among Australians

    Saturday, March 24, 2007
    Australians are reporting unusual side effects from a commonly prescribed sleeping pills.


    Craig Cavenett was prescribed a double dose of the sleeping pill Imovane, also known as Zopiclone, and strange things started to happen.


    Cavenett says he started cooking meals in the middle of the night, but he would have no recollection of having done so.


    He says that one night after a few drinks he went to bed and woke up behind the wheel after having crashed his car.


    Cavenett says he thought it must have been a dream, but after finding paperwork from the police he realised the reality of what had happened.


    Pharmacist Dr Geraldine Moses runs a national adverse reactions medicine phone line.


    She says she has heard of cases where people have fallen asleep on a aeroplane after taking the sleeping pills only to wake up and find themselves handcuffed to their seat.


    Moses has received 25 reports of what she calls bizarre behaviour in people taking the sleeping pills Stilnox and Imovane, particularly when combined with alcohol.


    Janine Wilson took Stilnox (also known as Ambien) early one evening along with one glass of wine.


    The next thing she remembers is being arrested for ransacking her ex-boyfriend's house.

    Wilson says she's devastated by the effect the drug had on her and that that sort of behaviour was completely out of character.


    She says she was initially to humiliated to tell anyone about what had happened.


    Pill manufacturers already acknowledge less common side effects of the medication such as confusion, agitation and hallucinations.


    The Australian Federal Government's Adverse Drug Reactions Committee have said they'll review the drugs at their next meeting.

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    Wilson says she's devastated by the effect the drug had on her and that that sort of behaviour was completely out of character.


    She says she was initially to humiliated to tell anyone about what had happened.


    Pill manufacturers already acknowledge less common side effects of the medication such as confusion, agitation and hallucinations.


    The Australian Federal Government's Adverse Drug Reactions Committee have said they'll review the drugs at their next meeting.

    Source: msnindia
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    omg...its dangerous...when it comes to doing things unintentionally...which can be anything...nice info.thanks 4 sharing...:up;



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