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What is Hypnogen?

Hypnogen is an international brand name for zolpidem. It is a sedative-hypnotic drug used for short-term treatment of insomnia that presents as difficulty of sleep onset and maintenance of sleep.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Insomnia 1 127

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
15 7%
Moderate
31 15%
Mild
71 33%
None
95 45%

Most commonly reported side effects

Amnesia
30 14%
Grogginess
28 13%
occasional morning drowsiness
25 12%
Morning grogginess
24 11%
walking around/eating w/ very little memory of the event
19 9%
Dependence (drug)
16 8%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  10mg as needed
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
134 63%
Usually
51 24%
Sometimes
21 10%
Never
6 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
9 4%
Somewhat
16 8%
A little
39 18%
Not at all
148 70%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 0%
$100-199
1 0%
$50-99
12 6%
$25-49
25 12%
< $25
118 56%

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Report created on November 24, 2009.