2007-01-28 07:25:06 · 8 answers · asked by Katie bug 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I will tell you the real reason why? Lawyers!!! They get out of law school and just start fileing random class action lawsuits. It cost little to file and they keep filing and filing until one sticks seattle out of court on the behalf of the people take his 40% cut the rest goes to what ever victims or charity they can find(some are not real) now they got money.
The companies so they can't get sued again put on the warning label. Most warning labels on products are from lawsuits from some idiot that really got hurt or a lawyer that imagined that someone might get hurt.
2007-01-28 07:39:23 · answer #1 · answered by bigpapatazz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People expect sleeping pills to help them get a good night's sleep but some do not realize they may even make you drowsy the next day while you have to be active and alert. Until a person knows how a sleeping pill reacts with them, they should not drive or work with dangerous equipment.
2007-01-28 15:36:13 · answer #2 · answered by missingora 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the answerers already got this one. But there is another reason. Sometimes people are put on medication for a reason other than the obvious one, so they may not be getting it to get to sleep, so it's only fair to warn them that it could cause drowsiness. Admittedly, these would be the minority of users.
2007-01-28 17:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by Aine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because to remind people that it will cause drowsiness the next time you wake up after taking the pill, so to remind them "do you really need this pill"?
2007-01-28 15:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there are stupid people out there that would sue the manufacturer because they got into a car accident after they took a sleeping pill and it didn't have a warning on the damn bottle. That's why.
2007-01-28 15:30:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically it is a legal manuver and warns the obvious. It's to prevent law suits from using the argument that the manufacturer failed to use reasonable measures to warn the public from side effects of the drug.
2007-01-28 17:08:51 · answer #6 · answered by Rex_Kern 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank You Wisteria, You answered exactly what I was going to say. Exactly the same reason McDonald's was sued for someone spilling hot coffee on themselves. Now coffee cups say "caution hot coffee" It's funny.
2007-01-28 15:34:36 · answer #7 · answered by SerbMex 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same reason a jar of peanut butter says "Allergy Advice: Contains peanuts".
Never underestimate the ability of the very stupid.
2007-01-28 15:33:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋