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 | 25 |
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4 | ||
| Sleep problems | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Treat Parkinson's | 1 |
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1 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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3 | 43% |
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 43% |
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Side effects too severe
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2 | 29% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 14% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- SCRABBLE37
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
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- SCRABBLE37
- 10mg as needed
- since Nov 19, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Sleep problems
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Side Effects
None
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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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- jbphotonut
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- jbphotonut
- 10 mg daily
- since Aug 15, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Praise God for sleep! See full evaluation
See all 6 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.