Sleeping Pills Link to DementiaSLEEPING pills taken by more than a million Britons significantly increase the risk of dementia, researchers warn today.Daily Mail (London)
Dementia is a decline or loss of reasoning, memory, and other mental abilities (cognitive functions such as judgment, thinking, behavior, and language) and is not a normal part of aging. This decline is progressive and eventually impairs the ability to carry out everyday activities such as dri...
According to his book, there are twenty drugs that can cause memory loss, and the leading ones are sleeping pills. “Benzodiazepines act like a hammer on your head—effective but not healthy in the long run.” These medications may offer the illusion of “short-term gain but result in long...
10/17/2013 - Changes in an individual's walking, chewing, sleeping and how they feel can be early indications of dementia. Dementia is the ongoing loss of cognitive skills due to brain cells being destroyed. Symptoms include memory loss, changes in personality, personal hygiene neglect and trou...
Mirkin also added that sleeping pills are probably not the way to go either. “They can help you fall asleep at night, but they tend to lose their effect as you keep on taking them, and they have many serious side effects,” Mirkin said. ...
Persons who have insomnia or other sleepdisturbances are taught “sleep hygiene.” This instills daytime and bedtime habits that promote restful sleep. Sleeping pills are generally avoided in persons with a head injury, who are more sensitive to the side effects of these drugs. ...
It’s recommended to try non-pharmaceutical solutions for sundowning before turning to medications.Sleeping pills, antipsychotic drugs, and anti-anxiety medicationsaren’t typically recommended for dementia patients as they can potentially worsen dementia symptoms and increase the risk of death in the lo...
understand again for a fraction of a moment — but then it is gone. etc. When you add the Physical instability of mobility complications (Falls, stumbles, etc) and that emphasizes how the Mental and Emotional precariousness can feel like the world is a very unstable, un-Safe place to be....
Benzodiazepine sleeping and anti-anxiety pills such as temazapam and diazepam may double dementia risk, according to research published in the British Medical Journal. But they are not the only drugs to be concerned about. Antacid proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), statins and the diabetes drug ...
2. If Possible, Avoid Allergy Drugs and Other Pills Linked to Dementia Drugs linked to dementiainclude common allergy and sleep medications, including popular medications like Benadryl, Dramamine, Advil PM and Unison, among others. These pills are known to haveanticholinergiceffects, something researche...