Tyler's rehab visit down to sleep meds

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Aerosmith frontman Steve Tyler has admitted that his last visit to rehab was partly down to an addiction to pain and sleep medication.

The 60-year-old recently said he needed a "safe environment" to recover from foot injuries.

However, he has now told the Associated Press that he was also being treated for a dependency on sleeping pills.

He said: "To have your feet done, to have your leg done, you have to be on narcotics. You have to be on sleep aids at night. I don't know about Joe [Perry, Aerosmith guitarist] but I was off and running and I didn't like the me that was me."

He added: "This was a month ago, so I just put the brakes on and checked into detox and just pulled the plug on all of it."