{"id":73980,"date":"2025-04-02T09:22:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=73980"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:22:03","slug":"concern-grows-as-over-the-counter-pills-taken-by-millions-blamed-for-seizures-addiction-and-death-of-a-32-year-old-after-drugs-are-linked-to-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2025\/04\/02\/concern-grows-as-over-the-counter-pills-taken-by-millions-blamed-for-seizures-addiction-and-death-of-a-32-year-old-after-drugs-are-linked-to-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Concern grows as over-the-counter pills taken by MILLIONS blamed for seizures, addiction and death of a 32 year-old&#8230; after drugs are linked to dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/01\/14\/96782183-14558763-image-m-16_1743515559018.jpg\" alt=\"Now doctors suggest the tablets \u2014 which include Nytol One-a-Night, Boots Sleepeaze and Panadol Night \u2014 taken in excess could even cause seizures and comas\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thousands may be hooked on over-the-counter sleeping tablets, taking them for months or even years at a time, experts have warned \u2014 amid growing concern long-term use increases the risk of a raft of serious health problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14558763\/Nytol-warning-tablets-death-study-dementia-sleep.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Thousands may be hooked on over-the-counter sleeping tablets, taking them for months or even years at a time, experts have warned \u2014&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-73980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/anti-depressants2.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73981,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73980\/revisions\/73981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}