Sleeping Pills?
Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at
9:03 am
Why do sleeping pills have labels that say "Caution: May cause drowsiness?"
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Filed under: Insomnia
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same reason lawn mowers say "caution: blades may be sharp" Because pp are generally sue-crazy and never want to take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Because people are stupid and laywers are greedy.
Because people will take them and for whatever reason, not lay down to sleep. Perhaps they get a phone call from their drunk ex-husband who needs a ride from jail.
The warning is meant to alert them to the fact that the medication causes drowsiness apart from their intent to fall asleep and regardless of how convenient a time it is.
Further, it allows people to match up warning labels, so that a pain medicine and a sleeping pill will both have a drowsy label and might get the patient to ask before mixing them.
because they’re sleeping pills
In the highly over abused U.S. legal system, some people feel they can sue anyone for millions. In order to cover themselves, companies make sure to put warnings on everything and take as many precautions as possible.
An example of a label added was at McDonald’s a few years back when a woman was driving to work with hot coffee in between her legs. It fell on her legs (not shockingly) and she sued McDonalds and got a lot of money (I think a few million). As a result they added "Caution: Hot" to their beverages. Many other companies have followed suit with labelling, even what seems to be the stupidest things.