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Zolpidem Treatment Report

Brand Names: Ambien, Ambien CR, Stilnoct

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.

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Reasons taken

121 patients in the community are taking or have taken Zolpidem.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Insomnia 79 65%
Other 12 9%
Fatigue 3 2%
General health 3 2%
Sleep problems 2 1%
Sleep Apnea 1 <1%
disease-related symptoms 1 <1%
Sleeplessness 1 <1%
Support another treatment 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Zolpidem.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show top 10)

  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 4 Number of Patients: 4 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 33 Number of Patients: 33 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  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Zolpidem or how long patients were taking Zolpidem before stopping.

Currently Taking Zolpidem

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
5
2
15
8
21

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
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%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 10 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

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

Top reported side-effects include: Amnesia, Grogginess, Morning grogginess

Summary results are based on 10 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 10)

  • donduck63
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: moderate
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • by donduck63
    Feb 19, 2009
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Insomnia

  • Sheila
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: mild
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • by Sheila
    Aug 22, 2009
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Insomnia

See all evaluation results for Zolpidem

Report created on November 07, 2009.