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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 Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Insomnia 47 12
Sleep problems 5 1
Other 3 0
Sleeplessness 2 1
Parkinson's Disease PD 1 1
sleep 1 0

See all 56 patients currently taking Zolpidem

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
3 20%
Moderate
2 13%
Mild
3 20%
None
7 47%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleep-related eating with amnesia
4 44%
Irrational behavior
1 11%
Brain fog
1 11%
Not dreaming
1 11%
hallucinations
1 11%
Dependence (drug)
1 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Zolpidem. See all 13 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 12.5mg as needed 5mg as needed 6.25mg as needed 0.12 mg daily 5 mg weekly 5 daily 5 mg daily 6.25 mg daily 6.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 13 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 22 Number of Patients: 22 7 Number of Patients: 7 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
7 44% Did not seem to work: 44%
Side effects too severe
6 38% Side effects too severe: 38%
Doctor's advice
5 31% Doctor's advice: 31%
Personal research
1 6% Personal research: 6%
Expense
1 6% Expense: 6%
Other
1 6% Other: 6%
Course of treatment ended
1 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%
Not indicated
1 6% Not indicated: 6%

See all 16 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
0

Stopped Taking Zolpidem

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
11 73%
Usually
3 20%
Sometimes
1 7%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 7%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
3 20%
Not at all
11 73%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 7%
$25-49
4 27%
< $25
6 40%

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Report created on March 22, 2010.