Ambien CR (zolpidem) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Zolpidem
What is Ambien CR?
Ambien CR™ is a brand name for the extended release form of 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 | 14 |
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5 | |
| Sleeplessness | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Side effects too severe
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4 | 100% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 25% |
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Personal research
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1 | 25% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 25% |
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Other
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1 | 25% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Vikings23
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
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- Vikings23
- 12.5 mg daily
- since Nov 02, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips If you are having points that people are saying you are acting weird at night or you are hyper after taking the medicine you need to probably change to somet... 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
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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 6 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.