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Sleeping pills and other sleep medication and alcohol are both considered depressants. Thus, they will result to reduced levels of energy and alertness. Combining both can result to loss of consciousness.

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The last person wrote Drug antagonism, don't listen to him/her. It's drug synergism.

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