Lunesta (drug)

As the father of a 4-year-old, the story about a Broward mother charged with manslaughter after allegedly giving her young son the prescription sleep drug Lunesta just floors me. I mean, what kind of parent does that? Throw in the......

Dear Pharmacist: I can't sleep well and have taken Ambien for years. What else do you recommend? — F.T., Bradenton Dear F.T.: If you can't sleep on Ambien, I'd try something different. Another novel sleep drug is coming to the market called...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nursing home residents taking sleep aids such as Ambien are more likely to fall and fracture a hip than residents not being treated for insomnia, new research suggests. According to the study's lead author, the known dangers...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- The death of British filmmaker Tony Scott has been formally ruled a suicide. The coroner's report cites the cause of death as multiple blunt force injuries and evidence of drowning after jumping from the Vincent Thomas...

A new study suggests that the 6% to 10% of Americans who use prescription sleep medications such as zolpidem (Ambien), temazepam (Restoril), eszopiclone (Lunesta) and zaleplon (Sonata) are more likely to develop cancer, and far more likely to die...

Lost jobs and lost careers. Promising businesses in shambles. The college acceptance letter returned to its envelope. This is how President Obama recently described the effect of the tanking economy on ordinary Americans -- and the stresses keeping them...

It is no secret that President Obama is in a tough fight for re-election. He is correct in describing himself as the underdog at the present time. In an atmosphere of high unemployment, declining incomes, and worldwide financial angst you would be...