Sleep Aids Double the Risk of Car Crashes

 Posted on June 18, 2015 in General

By Robert Geimer

Use of popular sleep aids such as Ambien double the risk of car accidents according to researchers at the University of Washington.  In a recent study, drivers who used sleep aids ran about the same risk of crashing their vehicles as drunk drivers.  This startling finding should serve as a wake-up call – pardon the expression – for the increasing problem of impaired driving due to medication.