FDA releases new guidelines for popular sleeping aid pill - KFDA NewsChannel 10

After complaints of morning drowsiness and even several car accidents, the Food and Drug Administration is placing new guidelines on a popular sleeping aid - Ambien and its successors.

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"The metabolism of any drug including alcohol is different in men and women," said Dr. Bharat Khandheria, an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. "And if your metabolism is slow, especially in women, then maybe a lot of the drug will be leftover in the morning."

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