Restoril

My wife (56 years old) had been suffering from insomnia for several months which lead to depression. I had been with her for 20 years and she never suffered from any such malady, was always very positive and proactive with her health. I told her to go to the doctor, who first prescribed Ambien. She had negative effects and stopped so 6 weeks later he prescribed both Trazadone (30mg) and Restoril (30mg) to take before going to bed. He never contacted me to talk about any of this and my wife only mentioned in passing that she had new meds. The insomnia continued. The day she died she asked me to stay home from work with her. I couldn't. According to neighbors she was outside walking and conversing with a few of them. I spoke with her in the afternoon and she sounded different- in retrospect she was drugged. She asked if I could come home early. I said I'd try to. Maybe an hour or two later she committed suicide; I found her when I got home (July 1, 2010). After six months of suffering from incapacitating grief I found the old prescriptions from the doctor, about five months after that I learned from the Coroner that they had a blood sample of my wife. I had it analyzed and there was found 2000 ng / mL of Restoril in her blood. That is twice the prescription level. I think what happened that day is she wanted to sleep, came home and took two pills instead of one and had an adverse reaction. There was no other reason for her to do this- we had a happy marriage, had saved money for a house, and she never complained to me of any suicidal thoughts prior to this event. The change in her behavior all happened that one day, after she took what was admittedly an elevated dose of Restoril. Not to sound bitter but I don't think the pharmaceutical companies give a damn- it's all percentage of population to them. If the percentage of death due to their drug is low, they can afford a couple lawsuits and still make their sickeningly huge profits while good souls like my wife lose their lives and families are slammed with grief and confusion.