According to the NBCD, Taiwan's consumption of this class of hypnotics, which act rapidly and wear off in less than six hours, nearly doubled from 2001 to 2004, growing from approximately 59 million tablets to more than 110 million in just three years.
根據管制藥品管理局的統計，此類安眠藥的用量從 2001 年的五千九百多萬粒遽增到 2004 年的一億一千多萬粒，3 年間增加近一倍。