Modern people have a hustle and stressful life, More than a quarter of Taiwanese people have problems with insomnia. Therefore, they ask Psychiatry department to prescribe a sleep aid medicine. However, many people do not take medicine according to the doctor's advice. Dr. Zhang Hu-ming (張祜銘) said that he had encountered patients who can't sleep and swallowed several sleeping pills at one time, just like taking medicine as sugar.
The China Times reported that Gu Bo-ren (古博仁), chairman of the Taiwan Pharmacists Association (藥師公會全國聯合會), said that the prescription for sedative sleeping pills in Taiwan was the first in Asia, in 2016, there were about 4.171 million people using sleeping pills, and grew up to 4.26 million by 2018; The amount using of sleeping pills has grown from 853 million pills in 2016 to 918 million pills in 2018, with an average of 39 pills per person per year, which has become a serious problem that must be addressed.
According to many media reports, Zhang Jia-ming (張家銘), chairman of the Depression Prevention Association (憂鬱症防治學會), pointed out that the commonly used sleeping pills, if the body is resistant after long-term use, more doses are often needed. In order to fall asleep, some patients have swallowed several pills at one time when they really can't sleep. After taking them in large quantities, not only cause you to sleep for too long, but also has many side effects such as sleepwalking, amnesia, getting up in the middle of the night and eating.
Li Jun-da (李俊達), a pharmacist at Taipei City Hospital SongDe Branch, said that there are four main types of pharmacological effects of sedative sleeping pills, which can relieve tension and anxiety, help to fall asleep, muscle relaxation, and relieve spasticity. The effectiveness of different sedative sleeping pills is different. After each person uses it, the utility will vary from person to person, and doctors are required to prescribe a sleeping pill before they can be used legally.
Pharmacists Li suggested the treatment of insomnia that medicine treatment is one of choice, solving the sleep problem must be coordinated with daily routines, emotional adjustments, and stress relief, in order to find out the problem.
Zhang Hu-ming, the physician of the addiction prevention and treatment department, Taipei City Hospital SongDe Branch, believes that in addition to suitable sleeping pills, it is necessary to develop good sleep habits such as getting up at a fixed time and avoiding irritating foods, so as to reduce dependence on sleeping pills. In addition, sleeping pills should be taken 15 to 30 minutes before going to bed, go to bed after taking the medicine, and do not do anything else.
