Sleeping pill prescriptions reach all-time high - What should you take to help ... trends now
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Are you struggling to get a decent night's sleep? Perhaps you just can't drift off – or wake up in the night, mind whirring, unable to drop off again.
If so, you're far from alone: the latest NHS data shows a record one million people in the UK are now prescribed insomnia medication each year. In the US, an astonishing one in three adults regularly take something to help them get some shut-eye.
Stress, the lasting reverberations of the chaos that lockdown caused and the rise of other conditions that make sleeplessness more likely – such as chronic pain, type 1 diabetes, asthma and stomach issues – are all to blame for this silent epidemic.
If you're one of them, then you need to read this exclusive Mail+ report on what you SHOULD take to help you sleep. We've combed the scientific literature and spoken to some of the world's leading medical experts to uncover the surprising truth about which sleep remedies really work.
We also reveal which simply don't – despite what many
