With the withdrawal of the barbiturate sleeping tablets from the medical prescribing list, propoxyphene has become the most common doctor-prescribed medication used by seriously ill people to end their lives.
Worsening of symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia, pain, dyspnea and constipation was found when compared against those who did not take tranquillisers or sleeping tablets.
She was so exhausted from having visited him every day and every afternoon she had taken a sleeping tablet, couldn't quite comprehend what they'd said and went to sleep.