sleeping pill

First, he took the entire lot of sleeping pills that his sister, then a medical assistant, had given him to help him sleep.

He survived only because the pharmacist he went to for sleeping pills had caught wind of his intentions, giving him digestive medication instead.

My parents, now retired in Brazil, had me bring various things from L.A.: headphones, soft toothbrushes, hair dryers, sleeping pills, heating pads, slippers, nasal sprays, art books, cashmere sweaters.

“Nor did I know that rapists were turning more and more to sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medicine … my ignorance strikes me as almost culpable.”

Addiction to sleeping pills can lead to withdrawal symptoms including anxiety, panic attacks, sweating, headaches and shaking.