Ambien (zolpidem) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Zolpidem
What is Ambien?
Ambien® is a 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 taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Insomnia | 52 |
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5 | ||
| Other | 9 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 3 | 0 | |||||
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Fatigue | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Support another treatment | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Ambien. See all 13 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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5 | 33% |
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Side effects too severe
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4 | 27% |
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Other
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3 | 20% |
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Expense
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1 | 7% |
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Personal research
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1 | 7% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 7% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- thomcuddy
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: severe
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
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- thomcuddy
- 5 mg daily
- since Oct 10, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
None
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See all 6 patient evaluations
Report created on November 23, 2009.