Caution, Most Make Sleep Medicine Pulmonary Inflammation

Due to stress or certain conditions, some people can not sleep as soon as they lay on the bed like a normal person. Consequently, in order to be able to rest in peace, these people were dependent on sleeping pills. Yet a new study from the UK revealed some sleeping drug consumption may increase the risk of pneumococcal pneumonia alias.

Specifically, the researchers pointed diazepam and temazepam sleeping pills who is associated with a high risk of pneumonia. Even patients who take the drugs also tend to be more likely to die of pneumonia.

"When these drugs trigger a deep sleep, at the same time secretions accumulate in the lungs," explained researcher as quoted by Telegraph, Friday (07/12/2012).

This conclusion was obtained after investigators observed the condition of about 5,000 patients who had been diagnosed with pneumonia between 2001-2002 and their respective patients compared with 6 patients who have the same age and sex, and not didignosis with pneumonia.

From there, researchers found that consumption of benzodiazepine drugs give users the risk of pneumonia by 54 percent, even a fifth of users reported more likely to die within a month and a third of patients may die within three years.

In addition, users who just use sleeping pills is 90 percent higher chance of developing pneumonia, while users who get prescription sleeping pills is 1-3 months before having the possibility of pneumonia that is 95 percent higher. But for the people who used to never consume sleeping pills but now it has stopped, the risk was 40 percent pneumonianya.

After evaluating the content of diazepam, lorazepam and temazepam them individually, researchers confirmed that the three and a non-benzodiazepine drug called zopiclone as the cause of the high risk of pneumonia in users four types of sleeping pills.

"Benzodiazepine and zopiclone are drugs commonly prescribed for people who have trouble sleeping, but have an effect on the immune system significantly. Our data also show they can increase the risk of pneumonia, including the risk of death from pneumonia itself," said lead researcher Eneanya Obiora from Nottingham University.

Nevertheless, given the widespread use of benzodiazepines was then further study is needed to evaluate the safety of the drug to prevent infection, he said.