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Hypnotics and sedatives

Intervention

2 papers1 finding

MeSH

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Imperial College London National Heart and Lung Institute and others
  • 1 of 1 finding with company ties
  • Humans2

Associations

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Falls

upin humans1HR 1.33

1 study

  1. Hypnotics and sedatives raise the risk of falls in humans (HR: 1.33; 95% CI: 1.18-1.51).

    “sleep medication use was associated with a 33% greater risk of falls compared to nonuse (HR: 1.33; 95% CI: 1.18-1.51).”

    Humans6.5 yearsn = 4,794

    Late-life sleep medication use associated with increased falls risk in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

    Sleep health5 Jul 2025

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