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Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste
(arstechnica.com)
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The only substance, that is mentioned, is zolpidem.
And from the article:
Not all sleeping pills are bad?
Which is rarely prescribed anymore because it’s so addictive.
In any case it’s not the kind of pill you’re allowed to take for life, just for 2 weeks of treatment or whatever.
Seems to me that the implication is that most/all current sleeping pills have this negative side effect