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What is Zolpidem?

Zolpidem tartrate is a sedative-hypnotic drug that is used for short-term treatment of insomnia that presents as difficulty of sleep onset and maintenance of sleep.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Insomnia 1045 338 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Sleep problems 348 109 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Difficulty sleeping through night 251 64 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 138 25 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 123 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Primary Insomnia 77 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 1819 patients currently taking Zolpidem

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 52
Moderate
 99
Mild
 197
None
 253

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Zolpidem

Amnesia 46
Grogginess 36
Groggy in morning 34
Drowsy in a.m. 28
Sleep Walking 23
Sleep-related eating with amnesia 22
See all 127 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Zolpidem. See all 58 dosages ►

  5mg as needed 6.25mg as needed 12.5mg as needed 10mg as needed 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 6.25 mg daily 10 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 20 mg daily
  125 Number of Patients: 125 16 Number of Patients: 16 33 Number of Patients: 33 233 Number of Patients: 233 9 Number of Patients: 9 266 Number of Patients: 266 46 Number of Patients: 46 830 Number of Patients: 830 185 Number of Patients: 185 36 Number of Patients: 36  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zolpidem (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 183   Did not seem to work: 33%
Side effects too severe 135   Side effects too severe: 24%
Doctor's advice 125   Doctor's advice: 23%
Other 122   Other: 22%
Course of treatment ended 44   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Expense 41   Expense: 7%
Change in health plan coverage 19   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Personal research 18   Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 16   Not indicated: 3%

See all 534 patients who’ve stopped taking Zolpidem

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Zolpidem

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Zolpidem

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Zolpidem

Always
 398 66%
Usually
 114 19%
Sometimes
 69 11%
Never
 20 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zolpidem

Very
 24 4%
Somewhat
 44 7%
A little
 77 13%
Not at all
 456 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zolpidem

$200+
 2 0%
$100-199
 3 1%
$50-99
 25 6%
$25-49
 63 15%
< $25
 337 78%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.