Mixing alcohol with sleeping pills?

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Always a bad idea. While the newer sleeping meds don't have the deadly synergy displayed in barbituates when mixed with ETOH, you're still mixing depressants that may interact. I'd suggest you quit drinking long before bedtime.

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