Alcohol and Pills for Sleep “Beer and valium, that’s how I sleep. Works every time, a perfect night’s sleep.” So said an actor friend of mine, who often had trouble “coming down” after a play and used this cocktail three or four times a week. Yet often alcohol plus sleeping pills do not “work.” Thirty […]
Three questions about sleep and sex (10/19/11)
Coping in Tough Times Times are tough. People are out of work and can’t find any, 15% of the country often goes to bed hungry, and the euro may crash and upend the world economy. Folks need a break. In the old days, sex and sleep could help revive spirits and help regenerate body and […]
Was Conrad Murray Michael Jackson’s “rest” doctor?
The Longest Rest June 25, 2009. I was rapidly scanning BBC News when I shouted “No” at the monitor and gasped before recognizing why. Michael Jackson was so young. How could he die? I gasped again when my webmaster told me CNN Headline news was calling Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s personal physician at the time […]
Safe to drink? With the FDA moving on Lazy Cakes, what’s up with relaxation drinks? (8/3/11)
Generally Recognized as Safe When drugs as marketed to foods, people get hurt. That’s what the FDA concluded about Lazy Cakes, a melatonin laced brownie sold as “adults only” but marketed to kids and teens. Michael Roosevelt of the FDA send a warning letter last week to HBB, maker of Lazy Cakes, declaring the “relaxation […]
“Legal” drugs that can kill you – phenazepam and other disasters (7/20/11)
So Many Ways To Die The saying is true – it’s all available on the Net –including legal drugs that can end your life. One of them, phenazepam, is usually made in Russia, and is available legally without prescription throughout much of the world – because it’s not on the list of controlled substances for […]