Sleeping pills expired can not be eaten, any drug is a shelf life, in the shelf life of the drug’s efficacy is stable, if the shelf life, the efficacy of the drug is unstable, in this case eaten may not play a positive role, may also cause some harm to the body, so sleeping pills expired do not eat again. The common clinical sleeping pills are benzodiazepine sleeping pills such as diazepam, clonazepam, lorazepam, alprazolam, estradiolam, this class of drugs are through the inhibition of cortical function activity, and play the role of sleep aid, the role of sedation, after the expiration date patients also eat, the effect is unstable, may also lead to the patient’s brain center is inhibited more obvious, eat the body is not safe, so do not eat. So do not eat. Patients can usually adjust through their own lifestyle, and promptly consult the hospital to prescribe new sleeping pills to take orally at home.