Sedatives may increase suicide risk in older patients

Sleeping tablets have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Geriatrics have shown that, even after adjusting for the presence of psychiatric conditions, sedatives and hypnotics were both associated with an increased risk of suicide.

If you want to include this story in your blog, copy and paste this formatted text:

<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news163316246.html">Sedatives may increase suicide risk in older patients</a></p> <p>Sleeping tablets have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly. Researchers writing in the open access journal <i>BMC Geriatrics</i> have shown that, even after adjusting for the presence of psychiatric conditions, sedatives and hypnotics were both associated with an increased risk of suicide.</p>