The sleep aids market — which includes herbal remedies and melatonin products but not prescription sleep medicine — generated more than $5.2 billion in worldwide revenue this year.

Reaching for the first sleep aid you find when insomnia hits? Not all sleeping pills are the same. Each class of sleep aid works a bit differently from the other, and side effects vary.

Taken properly, sleeping pills give enormous benefit to people suffering from an inability to get restful sleep. At the same time, the rise in the use of sleep medication has been accompanied by ...

Many commonly take a sleep aid to try to fix the problem. While a sleeping pill might help you nod off and get some shut-eye, the medicine should be used with caution among older adults.