Article: Dr Miriam Stoppard's Health Focus Today: INSOMNIA, Part 2 - SLEEPING PILLS; Losing out on dreams.(Features)

Byline: Miriam Stoppard

HOLLYWOOD STAR Melanie Griffith, wife of actor Antonio Banderas, went into rehab 18 months ago saying she was addicted to sleep pills (barbiturates) and painkillers (opiates).

She's keeping an internet journal of the process, explaining: "I am still a little shaky but I feel it's important that I share this with you because an addiction to prescription pain pills can happen to anyone, and you have to be careful."

About 16 million prescriptions for sleeping pills are written in the UK each year. This happens despite 1988 ...

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