The pills are often first prescribed by club doctors to help them doze off after the high of playing, particularly in mid-week games.But it is the internet sales of the drugs that have not been prescribed by healthcare professionals which experts describe as “alarming”.Dr Robert Lefever
“They do have a choice. They don’t have to give patients what they ask for. These drugs are over-prescribed by the NHS. Along with cancer delays and a huge backlog in routine surgeries, sleeping pill addiction will be one of the secondary health problems caused by theThe new figures, from government records for England and Wales, reveal the combination of sleeping pills and alcohol is deadly.
“With the younger generation these are often seen as fashionable recreational drugs that they mix with alcohol, putting themselves at real risk of overdose. Later in life it is people who start by getting them from their doctors safely for a couple of weeks for anxiety, insomnia, stress and relationship problems.”
“Around half of the drugs bought online are counterfeit, often with stronger medications substituted into a tablet that are more harmful. The websites look legitimate, they give an impression of safety, but they are simply not. It is a real problem.” Dr Lefever added: “Online outlets are a godsend for people who want to take sleeping pills in secret. Insomnia is awful but so too are sleeping pills.”MUM Rebecca Tidy, 33, became hooked on prescription sleeping pills for two years after she was diagnosed with skin cancer.
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