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Ambien CR (Zolpidem) - Reviews, Ratings, Comments by Patients

 

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Below are Ambien CR (Zolpidem) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence.
 

Ambien CR review by 33 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   Mild Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   insomnia
Dosage & duration:   10mg taken periodically for the period of 1 year
Other conditions:   stress
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   much improved sleep without waking in the middle of the night.
Side effects:   none really. Maybe groggy but not terribly.
Comments:   Took 1 pill at bedtime

 

Ambien CR review by 46 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   Sleeplessness
Dosage & duration:   12 mg taken nightly for the period of Approximately 2 years, ongoing
Other conditions:   Stress, anxiety
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   This drug has done wonders to help me get the much needed rest I have needed. Before I started taking this drug, I spent many nights not receiving the rest I needed. I have not experienced any negative side effects of this drug. It works quickly, within half an hour and I have been able to stay asleep throughout the night.
Side effects:   None
Comments:   This drug is taken shortly before bedtime, as needed.

 

Ambien CR review by 36 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Considerably Effective
Side effects:   Severe Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   insomnia
Dosage & duration:   12.5 mg per night taken every night for the period of 1 year +
Other conditions:   depression, anxiety, headaches
Other drugs taken:   wellbiutren, estridol, soma, darvecet, nortriptyline, meridian
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   I was able to turn my thoughts off at night
Side effects:   memory loose, I am dependent on the drug and look forward to when I can take it. I not only experience memory loose @ the time of the dose but have also noticed were I cannot recall a week of activities.
Comments:   a 12.5 mg pill a night

 

Ambien CR review by 47 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   Mild Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   insomnia
Dosage & duration:   5 MG taken as needed for the period of occasionally
Other conditions:   hep c , lupus
Other drugs taken:   prednisone, zanaflex, ziac, methadose
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Fell asleep quickly, slept 7 hrs., woke up without hangover
Side effects:   Didn't work as well some of the time, woke up mid-way, some hangover effects
Comments:   Ambien CR is a basically effective treatment for sleeplessness, although I have experienced incidents where contrary to the ads I have woken up midway through the night, I have had a groggy, hard to wake up feeling the next day lasting for several hours. There have also been reports of sleep eating, walking, awake but asleep incidents that I personally have not experienced, although it can affect you differently each time you take it.

 

Ambien CR review by 72 year old male patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Considerably Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   to help sleep
Dosage & duration:   10 mg. taken nightly for the period of still taking it
Other conditions:   high blood pressure
Other drugs taken:   diovan
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   both seem to work well but looking for something over the counter that helps sleeping so i dont have to take the prescription med. to sleep. it is too expensive. it also would take a hour or so for it to work. then if i woke up later i had to take another one to go back to sleep. so i am trying to find a good over the counter sleep medicine to take instead.
Side effects:   none with the sleep med. except i would have to use more of it as time went by i got use to it. the blood pressure medicine i take is diovan and i have to take it way before bed time because it makes me urinate a lot. i also take a blood pressure pill in tne morning.
Comments:   take one to two tablets at bedtime

 

Ambien CR review by 46 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   Moderate Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   insomnia
Dosage & duration:   12.5 mg. taken daily for the period of 4 years
Other conditions:   anxiety
Other drugs taken:   seroquel
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Immediate ability to fall asleep and stay asleep. No side effects in the morning.
Side effects:   I have to take the drup on an empty stomach. Very bad side effects if taken with alcohol. Taken alone, side effects were increased night eating and loss of memory after taking the medication. If you do not go to sleep immediately you may drive or do things without using good sense.
Comments:   Treatment is 12.5 miligrams for an indefinate period of time.
 


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