Occasionally taking sleeping pills may also be able to produce certain bad effects.
There are many types of sleeping pills in the clinic, including first-generation ones such as barbiturates, second-generation benzodiazepines such as diazepam, and third-generation non-benzodiazepines such as zopiclone and zolpidem, etc. The first-generation drugs such as phenobarbital have inhibitory effects on respiration, can cause apnea, and excessive sedation can cause hypotension.
1. First-generation drugs such as phenobarbital have an inhibitory effect on respiration and can cause apnea, over-sedation resulting in low blood pressure, damage to the nervous system, dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue and so on. Therefore, severe pulmonary insufficiency, asthma patients, patients with respiratory depression, severe hepatic and renal insufficiency is prohibited.
2. Benzodiazepines have the side effect of sedative muscle relaxation, which can cause fetal malformation, etc. They are prohibited in patients with severe cardiovascular disease, renal disease, drug allergy, the first trimester of pregnancy, glaucoma, and severe myasthenia gravis; they can also cause respiratory depression, and are prohibited in patients with severe respiratory system diseases.
3. Non-benzodiazepine representative drugs, such as zopiclone, have respiratory depression and muscle relaxation, and are contraindicated in patients with myasthenia gravis, severe respiratory dysfunction, stroke, and those who are allergic to zopiclone.
Sleeping pills are harmful to the body, and their use should be under the guidance of a specialist, not self-medication.