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Common sleeping pill slashes Alzheimer’s proteins by a fifth within 24 HOURS, study finds

A common sleeping pill can slash the levels of Alzheimer’s linked proteins in the brain, a small study suggests.

Researchers at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, tracked 38 people who used suvorexant — a prescription medication sold under the brand name Belsomra — for two nights.

Those who took the highest dose had amyloid levels that were up to a fifth lower than other participants in their spinal fluid by the next morning.

Scientists are not urging people to start taking the pills every night, saying much more extensive research is needed to back up the results.

Previous papers have suggested that taking sleeping pills can actually raise someone’s risk of the disease because they disrupt a healthy night’s sleep.

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