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Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products

by mtippett | October 30, 2007 at 07:12 am

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If Satan ran a pharmaceutical company he would probably manufacture sleeping pills for kids:

SYDNEY (AFP) - Sleeping pills advertised for children, dangerous toys and bottled water taken from local reservoirs are among the world's worst products, a global consumer group said Monday.

In announcing its bad products awards for 2007, Consumers International said the top prize went to the US subsidiary of Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceuticals for promoting a sleeping drug for children.

The company ran a television advertisement in the United States which used images of children, chalk boards and a school bus to sell its drug Rozerem.

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Michelle Says So

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at 09:20 on October 30th, 2007

mtippett, GOOD STUFF. Sleeping pills are bad for adults too! Just a couple weeks ago one of my family members took Ambien twice, but to no avail. After a day of not taking the ambien she underwent a 'psychotic' event during the afternoon while making lunch and began slashing her wrists for NO REASON. She had to stay in the hospital for a night for observation. There are so many warnings that go along with these sleeping pills and the manufacturer "sugar coats" them. I don't believe the public is REALLY informed on what they are putting in their bodies.

Check all the forums out there on sleeping pills (especially ambien) and you will see some REAL NIGHTMARES!