Cool, This Sleeping Pill Helps You Fall Asleep a Whole 6 Minutes Faster – New York Magazine

Read articleHighlights research conducted by Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which indicated that while the sleeping drug Belsomra purports to extend your snooze time, it just barely delivers. Individuals who were given a 15-milligram or 20-milligram dose of the drug nightly for three months fell asleep only six minutes quicker than those taking a placebo pill, and stayed asleep just 16 minutes longer.