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• n  a very sleepy state

• A new study suggests that excessive daytime drowsiness may foretell a risk for stroke and other vascular disorders.
• Then the FDA checked up on human patients taking the salt, found that they were suffering variously from drowsiness, weakness, loss of appetite, nausea, tremors, blurred vision .
• Excessive daytime drowsiness in older adults may predict a significantly increased risk of stroke, said researchers reporting data on Thursday at the International Stroke .

• sleepiness
• somnolence

• wakefulness

News & Articles

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• Research and Markets: Drowsiness Monitors: Technologies Evolve to Revolutionize Driving Experience - Global Strategic ...
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Drowsiness Monitors - Global Strategic Business Report" repor
  June 13, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Attorney urges Congress to end sleep apnea claims 'abuse'
  In 2001, the year U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan, 983 veterans began to draw disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for sleep apnea, a disorder linked to obesity and characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep that can cause chronic drowsiness.
  June 12, 2013 - Everett Herald

Quotes

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• Pliny the Elder in Washington Post
  The lunar influence theory dates at least to the first century AD, when the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder wrote that his observations suggested "the moon produces drowsiness and stupor in those who sleep outside beneath her beams."
• Carl Edwards in Trading Markets (press release)
  Drowsy driving is dangerous so I'm participating in the CLARITIN Clear to Drive campaign because I want to make sure people know to check medicine labels for warnings about drowsiness before getting behind the wheel,said Edwards. "As...
• Allen Iverson in SI.com
  As an allergy sufferer, I was surprised to learn that some over-the- counter medicines may cause drowsiness. In fact, the allergy medicine I used to take made me drowsy. I thought there was something wrong with me because I was so sleepy -- which... Lori Loughlin http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Loughlin&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFoi8Eg3sV9Y7uIh70tToNNSgAaiQ StreetInsider.com (subscription) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.streetinsider.com/Press%2BReleases/Actress%2Band%2BMom%2BLori%2BLoughlin%2BRaises%2BAwareness%2BAbout%2Bthe%2BPotential%2BDangers%2Bof%2BDrowsy%2BDriving%2BDuring%2BAllergy%2BSeason/3612148.html&source=dictionary&usg May 6, 2008 30563 39371 drowsy This thing still kills me," Iverson said. "I didn't take any painkillers before the game because I was scared that it was going to make me drowsy, so I just had to deal with the pain. I can't wait to take some before I leave."