How long you can sleep on half a sleeping pill varies from one individual to another. The commonly used sleeping pills in clinical practice are benzodiazepines, which are generally divided into drugs with a long half-life and some with a short half-life. If it is normally taken, people who have not taken sleeping pills, the time of drug onset is generally 20-30 minutes, the duration of the drug can be up to 5-6 hours; and if it is a frequent user of sleeping pills, eating half a sleeping pill may be a relative shortening of the patient’s sleep time, which may be about 2-3 hours of sleep. If you suffer from insomnia, it is not recommended to take sleeping pills orally for a long time, patients should adjust their lifestyle, develop a habit of regular rest and rest, go to bed early, get up early, do not stay up late, there are also some ways to help patients improve sleep through Chinese medicine, such as through acupuncture and herbal pillows. Because long-term sleeping pills have a certain dependence, not to eat after the patient will be more difficult to sleep.