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Zolpidem Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Ambien, Ambien CR, Stilnoct
Generic Name: Zolpidem
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.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons taken
121 patients in the community are taking or have taken Zolpidem.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Insomnia | 79 | 65% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Fatigue | 3 | 2% |
| General health | 3 | 2% |
| Sleep problems | 2 | 1% |
| Sleep Apnea | 1 | <1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | <1% |
| Sleeplessness | 1 | <1% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | <1% |
| 10mg as needed | 12.5mg as needed | 2.5mg as needed | 40mg as needed | 5 mg as needed | 5mg as needed | as needed | daily | 0.5 mg daily | 5 mg daily | 6.25 mg daily | 10 daily | 10 mg daily | 12 mg daily | 12.5 daily | 12.5 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 19 mg daily | 20 mg daily | 22.5 mg daily | 50 mg daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Zolpidem or how long patients were taking Zolpidem before stopping.
Currently Taking Zolpidem
Stopped Taking Zolpidem
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 10 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 1 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 30% | 3 |
| None | 70% | 7 |
Top reported side-effects include: Amnesia, Grogginess, Morning grogginess
Summary results are based on 10 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 10)
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- donduck63
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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by donduck63
Feb 19, 2009
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Insomnia
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- Sheila
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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by Sheila
Aug 22, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Insomnia
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.