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 taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Insomnia | 47 |
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11 | |
| Sleep problems | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Sleeplessness | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Treat Parkinson's | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| insomina | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Zolpidem. See all 14 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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6 | 46% |
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Doctor's advice
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5 | 38% |
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Did not seem to work
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5 | 38% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 8% |
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Expense
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1 | 8% |
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Other
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1 | 8% |
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Personal research
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1 | 8% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Goodpenny
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- Goodpenny
- 5mg as needed
- since Aug 11, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Use the minimum effective dosage to avoid side effects. See full evaluation
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- mamamia
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- mamamia
- 12.5mg as needed
- since Oct 11, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- sinukip
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- sinukip
- 12.5 mg daily
- since Dec 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
Moderate
- See full evaluation
See all 14 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.