Every year, prescription drugs are responsible for more than 100,000 ⓓⓔⓐⓣⓗⓢ and lead to over 1.5 cases of hospitalized people who experienced severe side-effects. Adverse drug reactions are the top leading reason of ⓓⓔⓐⓣⓗ in the United States. Every prescription drug carries some risk, but one of the most common side-effects is memory loss.
3 Types of Medications That Cause Memory Loss
Any prescription drug falls into one of the three categories which are known to cause memory loss and many cognitive problems:
Sleeping Pills
Sleeping pills often lead to memory loss and cause a state similar to being in a coma or being drunk. Therefore, they do not restore the sleep needed for the body in order to repair itself.
For instance, Ambien, a popular ᴅʀᴜɢ, is known to be “the amnesia drug” as it leads to hallucinations, night terrors, sleep walking, and sleep driving.
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