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It's crazy because zzzquil uses diphenhydramine as its active ingredient and you wouldn't know it unless you read the bottle; in that case, you could just get a bottle of generic diphenhydramine tablets and use those, but as you said it's linked to dementia and is not good to use frequently (which also isn't stated on any of these sleep aid packages). It just feels like they're trying to subtly hide that fact
Maybe I’m a minority here, but do people typically buy medicines and not read the ingredients?
That does seem to be the case.
I was trained early since reading medicine labels is a good way to find a nearby generic that's cheaper... but most of my partners have looked at me funny for doing so.
I read the ingredients of what medicines I have to purchase, but almost everyone I've mentioned that to were oblivious; I'm assuming most people don't read the info. You'd have to have a big red sticker on it saying that it could cause brain damage, and then maybe they'll get the hint