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Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste (arstechnica.com)

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Her study found the glymphatic clearance was mediated by a hormone called norepinephrine and happened almost exclusively during the NREM sleep phase. But it only worked when sleep was natural. Anesthesia and sleeping pills shut this process down nearly completely.

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[–] __nobodynowhere@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

What about Benadryl?

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 18 points 12 hours ago

The hat man cleans your brain for you.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 12 hours ago

Unknown, but it's an anticholinergic, and those are associated with dementia.