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Finally, if anxiety is making it tough to fall asleep, there are sleeping pills. These include Halcion, Ambien and Restoril--and, like other true antianxiety drugs, they carry the potential for abuse. It's O.K. to use them if you really must. But it's better to deal with insomnia in other ways first--if you're tossing and turning, leave the bedroom and try reading. These pills are strong medications that should be used only with caution...
After excluding patients whose insomnia may have resulted from some other condition, such as depression, researchers divided the remaining 78 subjects into four groups. One group took the sleeping pill Restoril. The second group underwent cognitive-behavior therapy designed, among other things, to promote better sleep habits. The third group received both medication and behavior therapy, and the last group took a placebo, or sugar pill. Each of the groups was treated for eight weeks...
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