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Sweet dreams or nightmare? (cover story)
Document Type
Article
Source
Newsweek. 8/19/1991, Vol. 118 Issue 8, p44. 7p. 11 Color Photographs, 2 Charts.
Subject
SIDE effects of hypnotics
Language
ISSN
0028-9604
Abstract
Covers controversy over Halcion, the world's most popular sleeping pill. What original tests showed; Noted side effects that make the drug dangerous; Critics' charges against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Settlement last week between a Utah woman, Ilo Grundberg (who killed her mother while on the drug), and the manufacturer, Upjohn. INSET: A prescription for controversy.;Getting a good night's sleep....