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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 5  Clinical depression No side effects A few years ago I was unable to sleep at all because of major life change that brought on clinical depression, severe weight loss and panic attacks. Was prescribed Ambien to overcome the insomnia. Only used it for about 2 weeks. It got me back on track. It allowed me just 6 hours of sleep per night - no more, no less - but it was a life saver. Took it just before going to bed. No side effects in the morning. M 62 2 weeks
forgot 1X day
6/30/2015
 5  insomnia no side effects. I take 1/2 of a 10mg when I go to bed. I wake about 4 hours later, go to the bathroom and take the other half and sleep another 4 hours. Great night sleep. F 62 12 years
6/17/2009
 3  To help me sleep After three nights of taking Ambien, I woke up feeling nauseated and exhausted, with a really bad headache. However, it did help me sleep. I decided to hold off for a few days before taking it again. So after four days, I took another pill about 20 minutes before bedtime. When I got up to walk to my bedroom, I could barely stand. I had to hold on to furniture and stuff just to get to my room and to bed. Scared the heck out of me. Haven't taken it since. Don't think the side effects are worth it, even though I only get about two hours of sleep a night if I'm lucky. Have hardly had much sleep a night for about thirty years now. I have such bad reactions to so many kinds of medication, I was hoping this would work, but just not worth it. F 62 4 days
6/30/2020
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 3  insomnia short term memory loss, no longer works past 4 hours after about 3 years it only worked for 4 hours and I wake suddenly. I tried the sustained release but I still slept a little over 4 hours. I tried taking half and then the other half when I woke which worked another 6 months or so. Now I take it in conjunction with other meds that cause drowsiness and only to fall asleep if the others don't work. F 62 6 years
10 mg 1X day
5/24/2012
 3  Insomnia Ambien always seems to work unless I have a filling late evening meal before going to bed. My biggest concern is whether Ambien is tied to my almost ridiculous memory loss. I go through every average day trying desperately to remember simple facts and tasks. I essentially have no memory left. I don't like it and want to get off of Ambien. It's a little scary for my wife sometimes because I've got to stay lucid & coherent to work a demanding job. I would love to hear if other people experience such memory loss throughout the work day. M 62 2 years
10mg
2/12/2013
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 3  No sleep Next day fatigue, bloating, stomach pain, memory loss, racing heart, no sleep without it! Ambien is good for short term only. It does do the job, but side effects are bad. Went off for a while, all side effects went away. Trying to stay off. F 62 6 days
12.5mg 1X AN
10/23/2012
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 2  sleep all night took for a few days and I slept well. then I noted that I could barely stay awake around 4 or 5 in the afternoon, slept a little, then felt very drugged the rest of the evening. this happened for the next 3 days and when I stopped the ambien the fatigue and drugged feeling stopped F 62 5 days
1X day
8/6/2010
 1  sleep/almost started a fire. Smoked cigarette.don't remember. next day found partial burned cigarette on vinyl floor near front door. i ALWAYS make sure cigarette is out in ash tray. do no smoke anywhere else except near ashtray. burned a half dollar size in vinyl flooring. my mom just died & i couldn't sleep.everything else given for sleep gave me hyper-awake. this drug is downright scary. NO MEMORY! F 62 3 days
8 0r 10?
3/6/2013
 1  Insomnia My wife took this briefly. Last dosage was 24 hours ago, and she is still having dreams that are very real to her. Last nights incident was very scary, she was crazed about playing this game, it was a role playing one for teamwork building T work. She was walking all around (stumbling actually) our house looking for the people she needed to get signitures from. When I made her aware of what was going on, after glimpsing insanity in her eyes, she broke down and started crying uncontrollably. All day long, she has been losing balance, dropping things and having realistic daydreams. The confusion is alarming, and, she is experiencing memory loss as well. This drug is a NIGHTMARE!!!! F 62 3 days
3/4/2013
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 1  could not sleep memory loss, not remembering waking up and doing things, realistic nightmares that I couldn't wake up from, sleepwalking, sleep eating, sleep-sex, waking up the next morning somewhere else in the house. Snoring loudly progressing to not being able to breath. This is bad medicine. I thought it was great when I first started taking it but the side effects got progressively worse to the point of being dangerous. I would wake myself up snoring loudly but still dreaming! Not good. I felt like my throat was closing up. Switched to temazapam. works for me F 62 1 years
2/13/2008
 1  INSOMNIA MAJOR PERSONALITY CHANGE, HYPERSENSITIVITY, ALTERED PERCEPTION DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. IT IS DANGEROUS AND ALTERS PERSONALITY AND PERCEPTION. I'VE SEEN VERY FEW POSITIVE COMMENTS IN MY RESEARCH AND TONS OF NEGATIVE. SCARY... F 62 6 months
6/23/2009
 1  for sleep I hadn't taken ambien for months. I needed some sleep and decided to take one. 9 hours after taking it, I got up, showered and got ready for work. I remember driving the first 9 miles. After that I remember nothing. I drove another 15 miles, apparently darting all over the road with people calling the police reporting a drunk driver. I ended up crashing into and tearing down 11 guardrails (which kept me from going over a steep embankment) on the opposite of the road, totalling my SUV. I am incredibly grateful that I did not hurt or kill someone else and I was not hurt either. I was in and out of sleep the entire day after the accident going from lucidness to acting like I was drunk. I remember very little of the events. It is very terrifying to think of what could have happened. This drug should be taken off the market before someone is killed as a direct result of someone having taken it. DO NOT TAKE AMBIEN. Write your congressmen. F 62
12/4/2009
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 1  Unable to sleep Woke up in the ER with my wife and son standing next to me. They found me under my car in the middle of the night bleeding. M 62 3 months
11/6/2009
 5  could only sleep 2hrs at a time. No Side effects except occassionally do not remember a conversation just prior to falling asleep. I sleep so sound that I cannot take Ambien if my wife is out of town because we have a 6 yr old. I do take them when travelling internationally, helps with jet lag. F 61 2 years
6/28/2009
 5  Can't shut off mind & sleep None that I know of unless they have crept up slowly and I don't realize that the Ambien is causing the problem. I have dry mouth - but have experienced this with many antidepressnats that I have been on over the years. Sometimes I am a little tired in the morning but once I am up I am fine. Don't have any problems driving or functioning in any way. I don't have any of the problems described by other users, never did. Take between 5-10 mg. every night. Can function normally after I take it. Can watch TV or read. Can get up during the night if I need to go to the bathroom and go back to bed and fall asleep. Have never done crazy things like others describe. F 61 6 years
1/27/2009
 5  poor sleep After approximatley 5 years I started getting tinitis [ ringing in the ears] burning and stinging sensation in the mouth and tongue, some memory lose, but i,ve never had a great memory and i am 62. also a metalic tast in my mouth. I took 10 mg. every nite for eight years, did some strange things like eating 2 bowls of cereal before bed,walking the dog at 2 in the morning. It takes a couple of hours to take effect now and sometimes take 15-20 mg but for the most part I love the way it makes me sleep. i've quit taking it now to see if my mouth and ears clear up, its been a week, if it does i'll probably stay off, if not i'll enjoy the sleep. p.s. have't slept much since. M 61 8 years
1/12/2009
 5  Insomnia Seems to not be working as well now as when I first started. M 61 6 months
5/28/2005
 5  unable to sleep waking during middle of the night and eating ..... i have been taking ambien for many years. it has proved to be a miracle cure for my insomnia. i have tried many times to discontinue but after 17 days of little sleep and feeling like a total wreck during the day i resumed the medication. i take 5-10mg nightly as i get into the bed and fall asleep in approx 15-20 mins. whatever side effects ambien may or may not have i am assured of a good nights sleep. of course it's not a 'one size fits all' med. it has worked well for me for years. M 61 6 years
3/21/2007
 5  Insomnia Vivid dreams and amnesia I have taken Ambien for years, with good results, but in the past couple of years, the side effects have become a problem, namely the amnesia. The other night I had taken ambien, was sleeping, and a friend called me. We carried on a conversation about going to dinner the next night. She called me the next day to confirm our plans, and I remembered nothing about the conversation, much less that she had called. She said I sounded a bit tipsy! About a week ago, I made a "quick" call to a friend to tell her some news, and after a few minutes, I became (according to her) unintelligible, and apparently fell asleep. I woke up a couple of hours later, sitting up in bed with the phone in my lap. I think my age may contribute to the change in side effects, but it was kind of frightening that these things were happening, so I was so glad to see other people's comments about this drug. The bottom line for me is to not make any telephone calls after taking the drug. Live and learn F 61 5 years
1/25/2007
 4  Insomnia The only side effect I have had is occasionally being drowsy the following day I have had several sleep medications over the past five or six years, and most had limited success, or became less effective over time. Ambien does help considerably. Sometimes it does take about a half hour to an hour to take effect, but usually I fall asleep in less than a half hour (and often much sooner). I do sometimes wake up during the night, but am able to get back to sleep quickly. I find it works best if taken on an empty stomach, and if I can devote 8 hours to sleep. M 61 1 years
10/11/2006

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