Sleeping pills are associated with a higher risk of death, cancer, and susceptibility to infection. — Whalespan
Sleeping pills are associated with a higher risk of death, cancer, and susceptibility to infection.
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“the fda updated its mortality risk warnings regarding those sleeping pills because of this increased risk of death both acutely for a number of reasons but also this data just chronically risk far greater right cancer we also see in part i think it's probably because of a weakening of the immune system and i think we spoke about this before the irony is that sleep is incredibly powerful in boosting the whole collection of weaponry in your immune system yet when you sleep and sleep long with those sleeping pills you would imagine your immune system gets even better the opposite seems to be true it gets worse and the reason we know this is because there's higher rates of infection in those patients who are taking sleeping pills scales with the degree of use and dosage”
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“So I'm coming off topic a little bit, but we know that sleeping pills are associated with a markedly higher risk of death, as well as cancer, as well as your susceptibility to infection, particularly in pneumonia.”