halcion is a medication that has been used in the past to treat insomnia and you can become dependent on it. it has a special code on it which means that there are special laws that the pharmacist has to follow and the doctor has to follow when they write for something like this. as far as dependency how do we judge what dependency really means? dependency would mean that if you stop taking the medication you would experience withdrawal effects which means that you would be -- maybe have the shakes. this particular medication doctors need to monitor closely to make sure that you are not on it all the time. a lot of people are on it for maybe 7-14 days. so it shouldn't be something that should be prescribed every single day every single night for a longer period of time. there are newer medications like lunesta like ambien that have better medication profiles as far as side effects. we would rather see you on something like that instead because of the fact that they have decrease side effects. won't make you as tired won't cause falls in the home; especially for the elderly patient halcion we really don't want to use that drug because it has been shown that they can fall out of bed sometimes on it. so once again we have got to be really carefully about the choices that we make and once again talk to your pharmacist about concerns questions side effects and possibly we would refer you back to your physician or healthcare provider. for instance if you find a medication that works for you and you don't have as many side effects that's the key. that's what we want to do. we want to make sure that you are having the best quality of life.
can i become dependent on halcion?