 [ Symptoms ] can i become dependent on halcion [ Disease ] 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 should not 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 will not make you as tired will not cause falls in the home especially for the elderly patient halcion we really do not 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 do not have as many side effects that is the key that is what we want to do we want to make sure that you are having the best quality of life