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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.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
9 10%
Moderate
15 17%
Mild
37 43%
None
25 29%

Most commonly reported side effects

Grogginess
16 30%
Amnesia
13 25%
Groggy in morning
10 19%
Sleep-related eating with amnesia
9 17%
Sleep walking (somnambulism)
7 13%
Dependence (drug)
7 13%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Zolpidem. See all 23 dosages ►

  0.5 10mg as needed 10mg as needed 12.5 mg as needed 12.5mg as needed 20mg as needed 3.3 mg as needed 50mg as needed 5mg as needed 6.25mg as needed as needed 10 mg weekly 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 6.25 mg daily 6.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 18.75 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 80 mg daily 200 mg daily 543543 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 42 Number of Patients: 42 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 28 Number of Patients: 28 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 99 Number of Patients: 99 30 Number of Patients: 30 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 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
Doctor's advice
26 31% Doctor's advice: 31%
Did not seem to work
23 27% Did not seem to work: 27%
Side effects too severe
22 26% Side effects too severe: 26%
Other
19 22% Other: 22%
Expense
7 8% Expense: 8%
Course of treatment ended
6 7% Course of treatment ended: 7%
Not indicated
4 5% Not indicated: 5%
Personal research
3 4% Personal research: 4%
Change in health plan coverage
1 1% Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 80 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
0

Stopped Taking Zolpidem

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
44 51%
Usually
28 33%
Sometimes
11 13%
Never
3 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
8 9%
Somewhat
9 10%
A little
16 19%
Not at all
53 62%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 1%
$100-199
2 2%
$50-99
1 1%
$25-49
9 10%
< $25
49 57%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on March 21, 2010.