Can you stop taking sleeping pills?

Sleeping pills taken for a short period of time can usually be stopped. If you are taking sleeping pills for a long period of time, it is not recommended to stop the pills by yourself, and you should follow the doctor’s instructions. Some patients are due to business trips or after staying up late, jet lag differences lead to the inability to sleep, its in the short term to take sleeping pills, in this case you can directly stop the drug, usually does not produce have an impact. If the sleep disorder patients take sleeping pills regularly for a long period of time, in order to ensure the quality of sleep, the doctor will recommend them to take sleeping pills according to the course of treatment to alleviate the adverse symptoms caused by insomnia. Such as oral nitro valium tablets, clonazepam tablets and other strong, long-acting stabilizers. If the medication is suddenly stopped, it may induce severe hypertension, accelerated heart rate, tachycardia, arrhythmia and other symptoms. Even mental abnormalities, such as manic and anxiety symptoms, can occur, and in serious cases, even endanger life. Therefore, for long-term use of sleeping pills patients, do not easily stop suddenly, need to be under the guidance of the doctor to follow a gradual reduction in the amount of discontinued. In the process of taking the drug feel uncomfortable, should immediately stop the drug to consult a doctor.