Sleeping Pill Users Face Kitchen Chaos.
One of the probable causes of obesity among Americans may
be their addiction
to
sleeping pills, which may induce some
of its users to binge eat in their sleep. The drug that
creates the problem has been identified as Ambien for which
26 million prescriptions were made in America last year.
Two medical studies in Minnesota revealed an unfortunate
side effect. A few users of the drug were compelled to eat
vociferously under the
influence of the drug and without
their knowledge, in the manner of say sleepwalking.
In case of a patient, who needed help in her waking hours
to even go to the bathroom, she would pounce upon the
refrigerator in her sleep and eat whatever she chanced
upon. Under the influence of the drug some people would eat
raw eggs, uncooked rice, bags of potato chips, loaves of
bread, candy etc. The torn wrappers, crumbs and smears
would be left on the kitchen floor the next morning.
The victim and others would be at a loss to find out the
culprit. A nightlong vigil by the unaffected members of the
family can only find out the real culprit.