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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Insomnia 80 9
Other 12 1
Fatigue 3 0
General health 3 0
Sleep problems 2 0
Sleep Apnea 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
3 30%
None
7 70%

Most commonly reported side effects

occasional morning drowsiness
3 30%
Amnesia
1 10%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Zolpidem. See all 21 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 12.5mg as needed 2.5mg as needed 40mg as needed 5 mg as needed 5mg as needed as needed daily 0.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 6.25 mg daily 10 daily 10 mg daily 12 mg daily 12.5 daily 12.5 mg daily 15 mg daily 19 mg daily 20 mg daily 22.5 mg daily 50 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 18 Number of Patients: 18 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 34 Number of Patients: 34 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zolpidem (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
6 30% Did not seem to work: 30%
Side effects too severe
5 25% Side effects too severe: 25%
Other
4 20% Other: 20%
Doctor's advice
2 10% Doctor's advice: 10%
Expense
2 10% Expense: 10%
Personal research
1 5% Personal research: 5%
Course of treatment ended
1 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%

See all 20 patients who’ve stopped taking Zolpidem

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Zolpidem

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
5
15
7
20

Stopped Taking Zolpidem

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
4
2
6
5
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
7 70%
Usually
2 20%
Sometimes
1 10%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 10%
Not at all
9 90%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 10%
< $25
6 60%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.