Sleep Rx Use Rises in Young Adults
Friday, January 16, 2009
http://naturalhealthnews.blogspot.com:80/2009/01/sleep-rx-use-rises-in-young-adults.html
There are several excellent studies that indicate sleep problems associated with use of EMF generating devices such as cell phones and WIFI.
The use of these devices are very prevalent in this age group. Most seem to believe that there is no impact to health from these devices.
It is interesting that no educational or other preventive approaches are being recommended.
Our blu-light therapy units may be of help, especially if you have irregular work or study hours.
Other more natural help may come from magnesium, B vitamins, Valerian root or other well selected high quality liquid herbal extracts, melatonin, l-tryptophan or 5HTP, herbal teas, raw honey, and baths.
Unfortunately - in the long term - Rx drugs alter REM sleep and other problems may develop with habituation and rebound insomnia that may cause greater drug use.
A word to the wise...
Use of sleep aids by young U.S. adults soars
By Julie Steenhuysen
Thu Jan 15, 2009
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Use of prescription sleep aids nearly tripled among young adults between 1998 and 2006, according to a study released on Thursday by the healthcare business arm of Thomson Reuters.
"Insomnia, a condition traditionally associated with older adults, appears to be causing larger numbers of young adults to turn to prescription sleep aids, and to depend on them for longer periods of time," said William Marder, senior vice president and general manager for the healthcare business of Thomson Reuters, parent company of Reuters News.
A study of medical and drug claims data found a 50-percent increase in use of the drugs among all adults under 45, who also appear to be using the drugs for a longer period of time to help them fall asleep.
During the study period, the average length of time sleep aids were used by adults under 45 jumped by more than 40 percent -- rising to 93 days in 2006 from 64 days in 1998.
But perhaps the most startling finding was the increase in use of sleep aids among college-age adults 18 to 24.
Use in this age group rose to 1,524 users per 100,000 in 2006, up from 599 users per 100,000 in 1998.
"I find it very worrisome that young people who should have a very strong and healthy sleep system are now finding they are turning to medication to help them get to sleep," Donna Arand, a sleep specialist at Kettering Hospital Sleep Disorder Center in Dayton, Ohio, said in a telephone
interview.
Arand said she has seen a number of students seeking sleep aids because their normal sleep patterns have been disrupted in college, and she fears these adults may have trouble adjusting to a normal sleep pattern as their schedules normalize.
