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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 990 318 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Sleep problems 318 106 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Difficulty sleeping through night 216 54 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 138 25 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 122 41 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Difficulty falling asleep 62 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1732 patients currently taking Zolpidem

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 49
Moderate
 93
Mild
 189
None
 237

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

Amnesia 46
Grogginess 36
Groggy in morning 35
Drowsy in a.m. 28
Sleep-related eating with amnesia 22
Sleep Walking 20
See all 104 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Zolpidem. See all 57 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
  119 Number of Patients: 119 15 Number of Patients: 15 32 Number of Patients: 32 220 Number of Patients: 220 10 Number of Patients: 10 257 Number of Patients: 257 44 Number of Patients: 44 778 Number of Patients: 778 175 Number of Patients: 175 33 Number of Patients: 33  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zolpidem (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 172   Did not seem to work: 33%
Side effects too severe 128   Side effects too severe: 24%
Doctor's advice 117   Doctor's advice: 22%
Other 116   Other: 22%
Course of treatment ended 41   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Expense 39   Expense: 7%
Personal research 20   Personal research: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 18   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 14   Not indicated: 3%

See all 507 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
 376 66%
Usually
 106 19%
Sometimes
 67 12%
Never
 19 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zolpidem

Very
 24 4%
Somewhat
 42 7%
A little
 72 13%
Not at all
 430 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zolpidem

$200+
 2 0%
$100-199
 3 1%
$50-99
 23 6%
$25-49
 60 15%
< $25
 321 78%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.