Clancy Trial Sparks Debate Over Seroquel as Sleep Aid
TL;DR
During Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, testimony spotlighted Seroquel, prescribed off-label to treat insomnia and later mood symptoms, prompting questions about safety, sleepwalking risks, and the broader practice of using powerful antipsychotics for sleep. Experts cautioned that sleep with such meds isn’t restorative and highlighted potential adverse effects, while the defense and prosecutors scrutinized whether prescribed drugs influenced her mental state as she had discontinued Seroquel weeks before the killings.
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