Article: Depressed Pak housewives fast falling prey to sleeping pills

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Karachi, June 2 -- Pakistani married women are fast falling prey to sleeping pills, so as to have mental relaxation from depression from domestic violence and inter-personal relationship problems, a new survey has found.

The most commonly drug in use here is Benzodiazepine, that is commonly referred to as 'sleeping pill' or pill that reduces anxiety and stress.

The survey, conducted by Aga Khan University's Department of Medicine, found that average patient addicted to such drug was about 36 years old. Nearly 60 percent of the patients were females, out of whom 34 percent were housewives, and 20 percent were students. 56 ...

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