AMBIEN Reviews (ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE)

Average Rating: 3.1 (1450 Ratings)

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AMBIEN  (ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE):  Zolpidem is used to treat a certain sleep problem (insomnia) in adults. If you have trouble falling asleep, it helps you fall asleep faster, so you can get a better night's rest. Zolpidem belongs to a class of drugs called sedative-hypnotics. It acts on your brain to produce a calming effect. This medication is usually limited to short treatment periods of 1 to 2 weeks or less.   FDA Approval Date: 1992-12-16 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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DATE ADDED
 
 1  insomnia I'm writing on behalf of an elderly lady who took this drug. While on Ambien, she would hallucinate and get up from bed and fall down - to the point of injuring herself. She suffered several falls during the night while on Ambien. After discontinuing the drug, she has had no more falls or hallucinations. I think it's over-prescribed and would never recommend anyone take this. Some hospitals sneak it into their patients' daily pills, without even consulting family. F 84 30 days
9/4/2006
 1  Grannys insomnia My granny took this drug and took control of my grandad everynight, she was fighting with him one minute and then trying to have sex with him the next and she dosent remember a thing My granny is 82 and my grandad is 89, this drug was hell for them both for the week my granny was on it, never again F 82 7 days
1/18/2007
 1  To help sleep after surgery Hallucinations, confusion My mother was given Ambien in the hospital after hip surgery after falling in rehab after knee surgery. She is totally not here ....talking to walls, babbling, seeing things, talking to people not there, thinking she is standing and falling while laying in bed....and what is more is that she hasnt been able to sleep now for three days. I demanded to see all the meds she had been given and then the hospitalization doctor, case woker and nurse were all surprised to see she had been given Ambien! Surprised???? She has been out of it for two days now! This drug is bad! She has never had dementia or anything like this until she has had these surgeries and been put on all of these medications. Please watch for these side effects. F 82 2 days
1X day
6/18/2012
Email
 4  in oder to sleep at night have tingling and numness in my legs hands and sometimes in face, which my be due to ambien, on not, due to arthritis in neck and lower spine may have caused sleepwalking--I have had episodes since taking M 81 2 days
9/9/2009
 3  insomia groggy M 81 5 years
10/1/2009
 4  insomia Was always clear headed, but started to wonder why my memory was getting bad, as well not feeling "right". At first it worked great, went to sleep within minutes, and slept 8 hours for the first time in years. I was wondering though why I felt so "unsure" of things. Have to get off this, since it does affect my daily life. I'd rather stay awake for a few hours than feel like a "zomby" all day. I never need medicine for insomnia, so I gave this a try. I KNOW I have to get off it to stay healthy. F 80 2 weeks
10/17/2008
 1  insomnia, arthritis My grandmother takes 10mg every night. She hallucinates, walks around in a state of comfussion. Has severe memory loss day and night. If her pill bottles are not hidden from her she will take it during the day and more and more at night because she fights the sleep instead of laying down to sleep after taking it. Physicians please stop giving this medication to the elderly especially for long term use, it causes too many problems and complications with someone who already has Alzheimers w/Dementia as it is. VERY BAD DRUG. F 79 4 years
10/20/2005
 5  insomnia only once-typed (email to daughter , made no sense.) no other side effect. this drug is a life saver. Just stay in bed, don't get up and use pc.I was a care-giver for many years,using ambien to help me sleep made my days so much easier.... F 76 10 years
10mg. 1X day
2/12/2011
 3  to aid sleeping F 76 2 years
8/11/2004
 1  Insomnia The first time I took one Ambien, I woke up in the morning with blood all over my face, as well as a trail of blood across the rug. I had evidently gotten up in the night and walked in my sleep. Fortunately the fall only bruised and bloodied my nose, so I was lucky. I had no memory of any of this happening. A dangerous drug which should be banned. F 76 1 days
6/20/2007
 5  insomnia some nights works fine, other nights not at all. very pleased with ambien, no side effects except a few looney emails to my daughter. so,no pc for me after I take it. Go right to bed! F 75 10 years
12/18/2009
 1  INSOMNIA No real side effects. The drug did not help my sleeplessness at all, for me it was worthless F 75 2 days
1/15/2010
 1  insomnia I only take one Ambien occasionally. On the night after I have taken Ambien, I have horrible nightmares. The nightmares are so bad that they wake me up. I feel like I can't win. I either feel bad from a lack of sleep or have to have violent dreams. F 75 2 years
4/10/2006
Email
 5  Insomnia No side effects, works beautifully, no scare stories like I've read about. Must take it because beta blocker Metoprolol prescribed for Atrial Fibrillation causes insomnia!! F 74 2 years
2.5 mg 1X day
7/22/2011
Email
 5  Insomnia I've been taking ambien for over 10 years. My primary care doctor wanted me to stop taking after 3 or 4 years, but I protested as I couldn't rally get to sleep without the Ambien. It works for me. I usually split the pill: half (5mg) when I go to bed; and I split the remaining half into quarters (25mg) as I get up several times in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I am probably "psychologically" dependent on Ambien. While I would like to get off, I ask myself "Why?" It works! I have not experienced the bad side effects I read about (memory loss, sleepwalking, vision problems). I experience anxiety, although I don't think this was caused by the Ambien - I think I had the anxiety before I started taking Ambien. I've been taking ambien for over 10 years. the instructions were to take it only for 7 days, but my doc said that it was ok for me to take it on a continual basis. when i first started taking it i did not need it for getting t Overall, I think Ambien (zolpidem tartrate) is a good drug for insomnia. It has worked for me. M 74 10 years
10mg 1X day
8/2/2018
 1  prescribed for insomnia On the second day after taking Ambien, my hands, feet, and roof of my mouth began to feel like pins and needles. About six o'clock at night I experienced what seemed like hot flashes and extreme dizziness. Then on the evening of the third day, in addition to the "hot flashes" and the dizziness—the "pins and needles" were continuous, I thought I smelled something—perhaps the power connection to the computer—burning, but then the sharp acrid smell turned into one that was sickly sweet; it was unfamiliar and familiar at the same time; it also had "colors": silver, swimming-pool blue and lavender. These hideous episodes came about every two minutes and lasted for thirty seconds. Realizing that what I was smelling was in my head only, and adding "brain tumor" to "heart attack" and "stroke," I called the Kaiser Advice Nurse, who advised me to get to an emergency room. I pass over the next surreal hours (something b I flushed the remaining pills down the toilet! F 74 4 days
6/18/2007
 5  inssomia none I do not abuse this drug. I take it occasionally. F 73
5/11/2002
 5  Insomnia A little hunger I take 1/3 of a 5mg pill at bedtime; then 1/3 again around 12 or 1 when I wake. This very low dose has been extremely helpful to me. Taking 5 mg makes me feel odd. The 6.25 mg make me hallucinate. I think people are prescribed too high an initial dose, in general. F 73 9 years
3.6 mg
8/22/2017
 4  sleep None I wish I could get my regular sleep back but can't get off of the Ambien. Gives me that feeling of good sleep. Please someone have any recommendations to wean off of the pill... F 73 16 years
5-10 1X day
4/28/2017
Email
 3  for insomnia I fall asleep and then wake up after 2 or 3 hours, then I take an Ambien and sleep until 5 or 6 F 73 4 weeks
12/4/2008
  

AMBIEN  (ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE):  Zolpidem is used to treat a certain sleep problem (insomnia) in adults. If you have trouble falling asleep, it helps you fall asleep faster, so you can get a better night's rest. Zolpidem belongs to a class of drugs called sedative-hypnotics. It acts on your brain to produce a calming effect. This medication is usually limited to short treatment periods of 1 to 2 weeks or less.   FDA Approval Date: 1992-12-16 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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