Is It Safe To Combine Pain Medicine With Sleeping Pills?

Dr. Knox Todd answers the question: 'Pain Medicine, Sleeping Pills Together?'

By
Knox Todd, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Pain and Emergency Medicine Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center
August 20, 2008, 12:08 PM ET
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— -- Question: Is It Safe To Combine Pain Medicine With Sleeping Pills?

Answer: In general, this is a bad idea. In the emergency department, we would never advise someone to mix the two.

However, each person with pain is unique and different, and there may be times when it's appropriate to use both sleeping aides and pain medicine. Again, this is an issue that you should ask your doctor about.

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